Directed by:
Frank TashlinCinematography:
Leon ShamroyCast:
Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Henry Jones, Juanita Moore, John Emery, Phil Silvers, Eddie Cochran, Herb Vigran (more)Plots(1)
Mansfield is sensational as moll Jerri Jordan to Edmond O'Brien's Marty Murdock, the mobster determined to make her a singing star. The trouble begins when Murdock hires talent agent Tom Miller (Tom Ewell) to groom her: Miller quickly realizes that she can't sing a note...AND that he's completely in love with her! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Tom Ewell
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Jayne Mansfield
USA
Best movies:
Oh! For a Man! (1957)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Illegal (1955)
Edmond O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
White Heat (1949)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Julie London
USA
Best movies:
Saddle the Wind (1958)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
The Red House (1947)
Ray Anthony
USA
Best movies:
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Henry Jones
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Vertigo (1958)
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1968)
Juanita Moore
USA
Best movies:
Band of Angels (1957)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Skin Game (1971)
John Emery
USA
Best movies:
Spellbound (1945)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Phil Silvers
USA
Best movies:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Summer Stock (1950)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Eddie Cochran
USA
Best movies:
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Herb Vigran
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Airplane! (1980)
Richard Collier
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Chase (1966)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Milton Parsons
USA
Best movies:
Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) (TV movie)
Edison, the Man (1940)
White Heat (1949)
George Givot
USA
Best movies:
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
The Racers (1955)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Milton Frome
USA
Best movies:
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Young Lions (1958)
Little Richard
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
The Late Shift (1996) (TV movie)
Fats Domino
USA
Best movies:
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
George Meader
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Ron Greenwood
Best movies:
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Frank J. Scannell
Best movies:
The Country Girl (1954)
Airport (1970)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)