Guys and Dolls
1,945
Musical
All the hot gamblers are in town, and they're all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's incarnation of "The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York"; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place. Throw in Sarah Brown, who's short on sinners at the mission she runs; Sky Masterson, who accepts Nathan's $1000 bet that he can't get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana; Miss Adelaide, who wants Nathan ... [+]
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"Still one of the most thrilling and thoroughly entertaining of all musicals. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)" | ||||
"The music is memorable, Michael Kidd's choreography is energetic and the cast is game. But there's a certain spark missing that would have transformed it from good to great." | ||||
"The face-off between two of the biggest legends in American pop culture, Sinatra and Brando, is something to be relished" | ||||
"Conceivably the best picture Sam Goldwyn ever produced." | ||||
"Splashy, uneven version of the musical, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve). Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra seem miscast, but Jean Simmons is delightful as the Salvation Army woman Brando falls for" | ||||
"A bangup filmusical in the topdrawer Goldwyn manner." | ||||
"It’s not filmed theatre, but the cinematic transfiguration of the theatrical experience." | ||||
"The movie is extended and rather tedious. The Broadway version is legendary; the movie provides no clue as to why." | ||||
"A rare example of a filmed musical being as sprightly in its own way as the original stage production" |
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