Bells Are Ringing

6.402

126 minutes

6/23/1960

Overview

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 an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Cast List

Judy Holliday
as Ella Peterson
Dean Martin
as Jeffrey Moss
Fred Clark
as Larry Hastings
Eddie Foy Jr.
as J. Otto Prantz
Jean Stapleton
as Sue
Ruth Storey
as Gwynne
Dort Clark
as Inspector Barnes
Frank Gorshin
as Blake Barton
Ralph Roberts
as Francis
Valerie Allen
as Olga
Bernie West
as Joe Kitchell
Steve Peck
as Gangster (uncredited)
Gerry Mulligan
as Ella's Blind Date
Jimmy Ames
as Bernie
Lela Bliss
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Donna Douglas
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
Len Lesser
as Charlie Bessemer (uncredited)
Barbara Hines
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Marina Koshetz
as Mme Grimaldi (uncredited)
Hal Linden
as Singer (uncredited)
Titus Moede
as Beatnik (uncredited)
Nina Roman
as Actress (uncredited)
Maida Severn
as (uncredited)
Olan Soule
as Nervous Man (uncredited)
Doris Wiss
as Actress (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead
as Party Guest (uncredited)