Gaily, Gaily (1969)

ALL 12/16/1969 (en) Comedy 107 Min
  • Release
    12/16/1969
  • Production
    The Mirisch Company
  • Rotten tomato
    40%
  • Original title
    Gaily, Gaily
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

The movie of a 19-year-old who went to town-- who went to TOWN!

Overview

After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Norman Jewison

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Beau Bridges

    Ben Harvey

  2. Melina Mercouri

    Lil

  3. Brian Keith

    Francis Sullivan

  4. George Kennedy

    Axel P. Johanson

  5. Hume Cronyn

    Tim Grogan

  6. Margot Kidder

    Adeline

  7. Roy Poole

    Dunne

  8. Wilfrid Hyde-White

    The Governor

  9. Melodie Johnson

    Lilah Letterby

  10. John Randolph

    Father

  11. Charles Tyner

    Dr. Lazarus

  12. Joan Huntington

    Kitty

  13. Merie Earle

    Granny

  14. Claudia Bryar

    Mother

  15. Eric Shea

    Virgil Harvey

  16. Roy Barcroft

    Dr. Gorson

  17. James V. Christy

    Frankie Piano

  18. J.S. Johnson

    Anarchist

  19. Harry Holcombe

    Stranger on Train

  20. Tom Peters

    Poet

  21. Harvey Jason

    Quinn

  22. Maggie Olesen

    Mrs. Krump

  23. Les Podewell

    Minister

  24. Martin Harvey Friedberg

    Photographer

  25. Nikita Knatz

    Chauffeur

  26. Lynnea Larson

    Sissy

  27. Adele Yoshioka

    Suzuki

  28. Jackie Boncy

    Claudet

  29. Jade Manhattan

    Martine

  30. Lisa Todd

    Fanny

  31. Carole Lamond

    Phalinx

  32. Mardie March

    Mabel

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 32 , Crews : 45

Keyword

Gaily, Gaily (1969) 107 Min

ALL 12/16/1969 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 12/16/1969
  • Production
    The Mirisch Company
  • Original title Gaily, Gaily
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

The movie of a 19-year-old who went to town-- who went to TOWN!

Overview

After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.

  1. Norman Jewison

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ralph E. Winters, Byron 'Buzz' Brandt

    Editor

  4. Norman Jewison

    Producer