Ask Any Girl (1959)
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Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.
- Date of release
- 1959-08-21
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Charles Walters
Casting
- David Niven — Miles Doughton
- Shirley MacLaine — Meg Wheeler
- Gig Young — Evan Doughton
- Rod Taylor — Ross Taford
- Jim Backus — Mr. Maxwell
- Claire Kelly — Lisa
- Elisabeth Fraser — Jennie Boyden
- Dody Heath — Terri Richards
- Read Morgan — Bert
- Carmen Phillips — Refined Young Lady
- Helen Wallace — Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Sandra Warner — Gabrielle (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Ask Any Girl is a 1959 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Walters and starring David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, and Gig Young. It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on a novel by Winifred Wolfe.
Production
MGM bought the rights to the novel in June 1958, before it had been published. David Niven signed to star in November. Jeff Alexander composed the music for the film, with Harry James and His Orchestra releasing two songs from the film, "Ballad for Beatniks" and "The Blues About Manhattan", on an MGM single.
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