While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.
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Janet Blair
Venus
Known for
Night of the Eagle
Russell Nype
Rodney Hatch
Known for
Love Story
The Stuff
George Gaynes
Whitelaw Savory
Known for
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Punky Brewster
Laurel Shelby
Molly Grant
No other roles listed
Mort Marshall
Taxi Black
Also in
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
The Longest Yard
Iggie Wolfington
Stanley
Also in
Herbie Rides Again
1941
Val Avery
Bus Starter
Known for
Cobra
Papillon
Len Doyle
Officer
No other roles listed
Arny Freeman
Anatolian
Known for
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
Peter Gumeny
Second Trucker
Known for
He Knows You're Alone
Fred Hillebrand
Major Domo
Also in
Rhythmitis
Ups and Downs
Glenn Kezer
Police Lieutenant
Known for
Power
George Schaefer Director · F. Anstey Author S.J. Perelman Author
United States release August 27, 1955 · Produced in United States
Production
NBC
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 27, 1955
TV · NBC
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