My Sister Eileen (1955)
That Joyous New Musical !
108 min
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
- Release date
- September 22, 1955
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $1,800,000
Trailer
Cast
- Janet Leigh as Eileen Sherwood
- Jack Lemmon as Robert 'Bob' Baker
- Betty Garrett as Ruth Sherwood
- Bob Fosse as Frank
- Kurt Kasznar as 'Papa' Appopolous
- Dick York as Ted 'Wreck' Loomis
- Lucy Marlow as Helen
- Tommy Rall as Chick
- Barbara Brown as Helen's Mother
- Horace McMahon as Police Officer Lonigan
Crew
- Richard Quine · Director
- Blake Edwards · Writer
- Richard Quine · Writer
- Joseph Fields · Writer
- Jerome Chodorov · Writer
- Fred Kohlmar · Producer
- Charles Lawton Jr. · Cinematographer
- Charles Nelson · Editor