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The Birds and the Bees

7.419561h 34mMovieComedy

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's just fleeced.

DirectorNorman Taurog
WritersPreston Sturges·Sidney Sheldon

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Cast · Directed by Norman Taurog

MGMitzi Gaynor
Mitzi Gaynor
Jean Harris
GGGeorge Gobel
George Gobel
George "Hotsy" Hamilton
DNDavid Niven
David Niven
Patrick Harris
RGReginald Gardiner
Reginald Gardiner
Gerald
FCFred Clark
Fred Clark
Horace Hamilton
HBHarry Bellaver
Harry Bellaver
Marty Kennedy
HCHans Conried
Hans Conried
Jacques de Montaigne
PM
Peggy Moffitt
Penny
MHMarilyn Hanold
Marilyn Hanold
Girl
CSClinton Sundberg
Clinton Sundberg
Purser
RERex Evans
Rex Evans
Burrows
MTMary Treen
Mary Treen
Mrs. Burnside

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The Birds and the Bees hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around June 29, 1956. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.