Ada (1961)
What was the truth about Ada?
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
- Date of release
- 1961-08-25
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Daniel Mann
Casting
- Susan Hayward — Ada Gillis
- Dean Martin — Bo Gillis
- Wilfrid Hyde-White — Sylvester Marin
- Ralph Meeker — Colonel Yancey
- Martin Balsam — Steve Jackson
- Frank Maxwell — Ronnie Hallerton
- Connie Sawyer — Alice Sweet
- Ford Rainey — Speaker
- Charles Watts — Al Winslow
- Larry Gates — Joe Adams
- Carol Forman — Newspaper Woman
- Jack Carr — Man in Crowd During Speech
Interesting facts
- Based on: Ada Dallas
Ada is a 1961 American political drama film produced by Avon Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Lawrence Weingarten, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman and William Driskill based on the novel Ada Dallas by Wirt Williams.
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