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Bells Are Ringing

  • 1960
  • TMDB 6.5/10
  • 2h 6m

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

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Overview

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Cast

  • Judy HollidayElla Peterson
  • Dean MartinJeffrey Moss
  • Fred ClarkLarry Hastings
  • Eddie Foy Jr.J. Otto Prantz
  • Jean StapletonSue
  • Ruth StoreyGwynne
  • Dort ClarkInspector Barnes
  • Frank GorshinBlake Barton

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