Guys and Dolls (film)

Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay by	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Based on	Guys and Dolls; by Abe Burrows (book); Jo Swerling (book); Frank Loesser; (music and lyrics); Damon Runyon (stories)
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Marlon Brando; Jean Simmons; Frank Sinatra; Vivian Blaine; Stubby Kaye; Johnny Silver; Robert Keith; B.S. Pully;
Cinematography	Harry Stradling
Edited by	Daniel Mandell
Music by	Frank Loesser
Production; company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	November 3, 1955;
Running time	150 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5.5 million
Box office	$6,874,673 (U.S. and Canada rentals)

Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway musical by composer and lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, which, in turn, was loosely based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon.^[2] Dances were choreographed by Michael Kidd, who had staged the dances for the Broadway production.

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