One Touch of Venus (1955)
Music
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
TV Movie
While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.
Cast
Janet Blair
Venus
Russell Nype
Rodney Hatch
George Gaynes
Whitelaw Savory
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Laurel Shelby
Molly Grant
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Mort Marshall
Taxi Black
Iggie Wolfington
Stanley
Val Avery
Bus Starter
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Len Doyle
Officer
Arny Freeman
Anatolian
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Peter Gumeny
Second Trucker
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Fred Hillebrand
Major Domo
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Glenn Kezer
Police Lieutenant
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William LeMassena
Zuvetli
Louis Nye
Dr. Rook
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Adnia Rice
Mrs. Kramer