The Girl Can't Help It
“BABY, IT'S THE GREATEST!”
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
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Cast
20 people
Tom Ewell
Tom Miller
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
Adam's Rib
Jayne Mansfield
Jerri Jordan
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Illegal
Edmond O'Brien
Marty 'Fats' Murdock
Known for
The Killers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Henry Jones
Mousie
Known for
Vertigo
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Julie London
Herself
Known for
Man of the West
Emergency!
Barry Gordon
Barry the Paperboy
Known for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Ray Anthony
Himself
Also in
Girls Town
High School Confidential!
John Emery
Wheeler
Known for
Spellbound
Rocketship X-M
Juanita Moore
Hilda
Known for
The Kid
Imitation of Life
Fats Domino
Himself
Also in
Ricky Nelson & Fats Domino - Rockin' With Rick and Fats
The Big Beat
Abbey Lincoln
Herself
Known for
Mo' Better Blues
Johnny Olenn
Himself
Also in
Born Reckless
Frank Tashlin Director · Herbert Baker Screenplay Garson Kanin Author
Worldwide gross $6.2M · Budget $1.3M · United States release December 22, 1956
Box office
Budget
$1,300,000
Worldwide gross
$6,200,000
Gross vs. budget
4.8×
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Do Re Mi
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1956
Limited theatrical
United States
February 8, 1957 · Theatrical · New York City, New York
France
April 3, 1957 · Theatrical
December 24, 2014 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
Netherlands
January 25, 1957 · Theatrical
March 12, 2013 · Physical · DVD
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