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Bells Are Ringing

6.519602h 6mNRMovieComedyRomance

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include…

DirectorVincente Minnelli
WritersAdolph Green·Betty Comden
ProducerArthur Freed

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Cast · Directed by Vincente Minnelli

JHJudy Holliday
Judy Holliday
Ella Peterson
DMDean Martin
Dean Martin
Jeffrey Moss
FCFred Clark
Fred Clark
Larry Hastings
EJEddie Foy Jr.
Eddie Foy Jr.
J. Otto Prantz
JSJean Stapleton
Jean Stapleton
Sue
RS
Ruth Storey
Gwynne
DCDort Clark
Dort Clark
Inspector Barnes
FGFrank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin
Blake Barton
RR
Ralph Roberts
Francis
VAValerie Allen
Valerie Allen
Olga
BW
Bernie West
Joe Kitchell
SP
Steve Peck
Gangster (uncredited)

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