Movie: How To Be Very, Very Popular

Top 10 Billed Cast

Betty Grable
Betty Grable

Stormy Tornado

Sheree North
Sheree North

Curly Flagg

Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings

Fillmore 'Wedge' Wedgewood

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn

Dr. Tweed

Tommy Noonan
Tommy Noonan

Eddie Jones

Charlotte Austin
Charlotte Austin

Midge

Orson Bean
Orson Bean

Toby Marshall

Fred Clark
Fred Clark

B.J. Marshall

Alice Pearce
Alice Pearce

Miss 'Syl' Sylvester

Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams

Cedric Flagg

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    Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical comedy stars Betty Grable, Sheree North, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Tommy Noonan, Orson Bean, Fred Clark, Alice Pearce, Rhys Williams, Willard Waterman, Leslie Parrish and Jesslyn Fax.

  • Release Date

    1955-07-22

  • Average

    4.7

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
  • Tagline

    Rock'n Roll hits the screen for the first time in the picture that separates the men from the boys !

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  • Languages:

    English
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