Summary
Ada is an American film first released in 1961,
directed by Daniel Mann.
The film stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker and Martin Balsam.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Daniel Mann
- Script: Wirt Williams, Arthur Sheekman, William Driskill
- Photo: Joseph Ruttenberg
- Cast: Susan Hayward (Ada Gillis), Dean Martin (Bo Gillis), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Sylvester Marin), Ralph Meeker (Colonel Yancey), Martin Balsam (Steve Jackson), Frank Maxwell (Ronnie Hallerton), Connie Sawyer (Alice Sweet), Ford Rainey (Speaker), Charles Watts (Al Winslow), Larry Gates (Joe Adams), Robert S. Simon (Warren Hatfield), Bill Zuckert (Harry Davers), Audley Anderson (Reporter), Ellen Atterbury (Mrs. Carlton), Barney Barnett (Reporter), Ruth Barton (Bit Role), Joe Bassett (Sam Kinney), Rodney Bell (Reporter), Richard Benedict (Alabama Man), Mary Benoit (Newspaper Woman), Jack Bernardi (Reporter), Margaret Bert (Sylvester’s Nurse), Helen Beverly (Mrs. Stauton), Robert Bice (Member of the State Legislature), Merritt Bohn (Committee Man), Nesdon Booth (Walter Dow), Jan Bradley (Party Girl), Ralph Brooks (Photographer), Helen Brown (Kathleen – Governor’s Secretary), Robert Burton (Committee Man), Kathryn Card (Mrs. Betty Mae Dunston), Jack Carr (Man in Crowd during Speech), Sue Casey (Party Girl), Ken Christy (Politician), Shirley Citron (Bit Role), Fred Coby (Reporter), Bart Conrad (Photographer), Cindy Courtland (Party Girl), Duane Cress (Reporter), Lucille Curtis (Bit Role), Jack Daly (Attendant), John Damler (Reporter), Edgar Dearing (Politician), Amy Douglass (Mrs. Bradville), Jim Drum (Policeman), Ted Dudomaine (Politician), Harvey B. Dunn (Politician), Joan Dupuis (Bride), Carol Forman (Newspaper Woman), Terry Frost (Politician), Marilyn Gladstone (Party Girl), Joe Gray (Reporter), Lyn Guild (Bit Role), Claude Hall (Deputy), John Hart (Politician at Rally), Kathryn Hart (Bit Role), Stuart Holmes (Spectator at Legislative Meeting), Anthony Jochim (Tom), Dorothy Joyce (Keely’s Wife), Stan Kahn (Reporter), Sid Kane (Photographer), Charles Keane (Reporter), Ingeborg Kjeldsen (Party Girl), Helen Kleeb (Mrs. Smith), Peg La Centra (Maude Penmore), Mike Lally (Well-Wisher), Lawrence LaMarr (Gardner), Tommy Lee (Chinese Proprietor), Louise Lorimer (Mrs. Danford), Jon Lormer (James Ordman – Committee Man), Arthur Lovejoy (Doorman), Mark Lowell (Reporter), Herbert Lytton (Clerk at Legislative Meeting), James Macklin (Politician), Mike Mahoney (Politician), Patricia Manning (Party Girl), Martin Mason (Member of the State Legislature), Sydney Mason (Reporter), Joe McGuinn (Politician), J. Edward McKinley (Robert Keely), David McMahon (Politician), Edward McNally (Member of the State Legislature), Eunice Miller (Charwoman), Ralph Montgomery (Photographer), Forbes Murray (Well-Wisher), Norman Nazarr (Reporter), Robert O’Connor (Groom), Sherry O’Neil (Barbara), Ollie O’Toole (Politician), Gloria Pall (Party Girl), Emory Parnell (Security Guard), Kenneth Patterson (Member of the State Legislature), Pat Patterson (Reporter), Alma Platt (Elderly Woman), Ed Prentiss (Clergyman at Legislative Meeting), Bill Quinn (Tom De Paul – Committee Man), Beulah Quo (Wife of Chinese Restaurant Proprietor), Robert Reiner (Member of the State Legislature), William Remick (Member of the State Legislature), Pete Robinson (Politician), Gene Roth (Chief Justice), Dick Ryan (Bit Role), Lee Sabinson (Member of the State Legislature), Ann Seaton (Sylvester’s Secretary), William Sharon (Politician), Jack Shea (Politician), Charles Sherlock (Legislator), Dori Simmons (Party Girl), J. Lewis Smith (Reporter), Ann Staunton (Bit Role), Bert Stevens (Well-Wisher), Harry Strang (Reporter), Ray Teal (Sheriff Kearney Smith), Robert Terry (Politician), Tomi Thurston (Party Girl), Mary Treen (Clubwoman with Pecan Pie), Max Wagner (Spectator in State House Gallery), Bill Walker (William, Servant), Helen Wallace (Nurse), Mack Williams (Clinton Dockhelder – Committee Man), Dick Winslow (Reporter), Wilson Wood (Reporter)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 109 min
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