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Gaily, Gaily (1969)
Directed by Norman Jewison
“The movie of a 19-year-old who went to town-- who went to TOWN!”
Comedy · 1h 47m
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Norman Jewison
- Screenplay
- Abram S. Ginnes
- Novel
- Ben Hecht
- Director of Photography
- Richard H. Kline
- Original Music Composer
- Henry Mancini
- Editor
- Ralph E. Winters, Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
- Producer
- Norman Jewison
Details
- Release date
- 1969-12-16
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The Mirisch Company
Beau Bridges
Melina Mercouri
Brian Keith
George Kennedy
Hume Cronyn
Margot Kidder
Roy Poole
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Melodie Johnson
John Randolph
Charles Tyner
Joan Huntington