Phffft (1954)


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Release Date10 November 1954
TaglineDon't Say It! See It!
GenreComedy, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
TagsBoredom, Competition, Contest, Dance [art], Dating, Divorce, Family Separation, Love, Marriage
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Phffft! is a 1954 black and white romantic comedy starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Kim Novak and featuring Jack Carson. It was written by George Axelrod and directed by Mark Robson, and was the second film featuring Holliday and Lemmon that year, after It Should Happen to You.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Judy Holliday
Nina Tracey nee Chapman

Jack Lemmon
Robert Tracey

Jack Carson
Charlie Nelson

Kim Novak
Janis

Luella Gear
Mrs. Edith Chapman

Donald Randolph
Dr. Van Kessel

Donald Curtis
Actor Rick Vidal aka Dr. John Van Kessel

Arny Freeman
Language teacher

Eddie Searles
Tommy

Shirlee Allard
Secretary

Merry Anders
Marsha

Mylee Andreason
Dance Teacher

Frank Arnold
Art Teacher

Fay Baker
Radio Actress as 'Nurse Serena'

Eugene Borden
Teddy, Maitre d'

Sue Carlton
Girl

Harry Cheshire
Nina's Divorce Lawyer

Sayre Dearing
Dance Extra

Jimmie Dodd
Cab driver

Bess Flowers
Nightclub Dance Extra

Dick Gordon
Bit Part

Geraldine Hall
Nina's Secretary

Sam Harris
Nightclub Extra

Walter Hastings
Bit Part

Jerry Hausner
Radio Actor as 'Steve'

Charles Heard
Doorman

George Hill
Page

Wendy Howard
Artist's Model

Joyce Jameson
Secretary

Virgil Johanson
Doorman

Joe Karnes
Bit Part

Tom Kingston
Manager

Charlotte Lawrence
Radio Actress as 'Cynthia'

Billy Lechner
Boy

Sally Mansfield
Miss Comstock

Maxine Marlowe
Secretary

Alphonse Martell
Maitre D'

Vivian Mason
Secretary

Harold Miller
Nightclub Dance Extra, Restaurant Extra

Patrick Miller
Page

William Newell
Workman

Hamil Petroff
Dance Teacher

Jeffrey Sayre
Nightclub Dance Extra

Olan Soule
Mr. Duncan

Brick Sullivan
Radio Technician

Ted Thorpe
Bit Part

Gil Warren
Bit Part

Director

Mark Robson
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Producer

George Axelrod
screenplay & story

Fred Kohlmar
producer

Original Music

Friedrich Hollaender

Heinz Roemheld
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Cinematographer

Charles Lang

Editor

Charles Nelson
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Art Director

William Flannery
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Set Decorator

William Kiernan
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Costume Designer

Jean Louis

Makeup Department

Clay Campbell
makeup artist

Helen Hunt
hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Carter De Haven Jr.
assistant director

Sound Department

John P. Livadary
recording supervisor

Ellis Burman
sound restoration engineer

Music Department

Arthur Morton
orchestrator

Morris Stoloff
conductor

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Film-Verleih