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My Sister Eileen is an American comedy romance film first released in 1955,
directed by Richard Quine.
The film stars Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Betty Garrett, Bob Fosse and Kurt Kasznar.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Richard Quine
- Script: Ruth McKenney, Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov, Blake Edwards, Richard Quine
- Photo: Charles Lawton Jr.
- Music: George Duning
- Cast: Janet Leigh (Eileen Sherwood), Jack Lemmon (Robert ’Bob’ Baker), Betty Garrett (Ruth Sherwood), Bob Fosse (Frank Lippincott), Kurt Kasznar (’Papa’ Appopolous), Dick York (Ted ’Wreck’ Loomis), Lucy Marlow (Helen, Wreck’s girlfriend), Tommy Rall (Chick Clark), Barbara Brown (Helen’s mother), Horace McMahon (Police officer Lonigan), Henry Slate (Second drunk), Hal March (Pete, first drunk), John Albright (Bit Role), Adelle August (Secretary), Ken Christy (Charlie, police sergeant), Eileen Coghlan (Ad Lib Bit), James Conaty (Walgreen’s employee), Fred Curt (Dancer), Richard Deacon (Baker’s receptionist), Gary Diamond (Young Boy), Michael Fox (Shakespearean Actor), Gerald Frank (Bit Role), Ricky Gonzales (Dancer), Dorothy Gordon (Ad Lib Bit), Kathryn Grant (Young Hopeful), Bill Hale (Bit Role), Edna Holland (Matron), Mike Lally (Man at lunch counter), Carey Leverette (Dancer), Ann Loos (Receptionist), Dayton Lummis (Mr. Wallace), Alphonse Martell (Headwaiter), Jana Mason (Secretary), George Mayon (Bit Role), Mara McAfee (Miss Stewart), Russell Meeker (Bit Role), Alberto Morin (Brazilian consul), William Newell (Plumber), Peter Norman (Waiter), Frank O’Connor (Mr. O’Connor), Troy Patterson (Dancer), Donna Phillips (Soprano), Fabio Ramos (Brazilian Executive Officer), Tony Randall (Bit Role), Carl Ratcliff (Dancer), Jack Regas (Dancer), Cosmo Sardo (Man who helps Eileen), Jeffrey Sayre (Bohemian nightclub extra), Eddie Searles (Bit Role), Emil Sitka (Bit welder in opening credits sequence), Queenie Smith (Alice, Baker’s secretary), Buddy Spencer (Dancer), Sid Tomack (Counterman), Ruth Warren (Matron), Billy Wayne (Newbetter, Mailman), Estelita Zarco (Bit Role)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / Portuguese
- Runtime: 108 min
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Musical / Comedy / Romance


