The Rat Race (1960)

Film details

Featuring

Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Jack Oakie
Country

USA
Year

1960
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Comedy melodrama dealing with the love and fight for success of a young Jazz musician and a dance hostess; set in New York City. Inspired by the play by Garson Kanin.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Peter Hammond, Jr.
    
    Tony Curtis
  - Peggy Brown
    
    Debbie Reynolds
  - Mac
    
    Jack Oakie
  - Soda
    
    Kay Medford
  - Nellie
    
    Don Rickles
  - Frankie
    
    Joe Bushkin
  - Carl
    
    Sam Butera
  - Gerry
    
    Gerry Mulligan
  - Edie Kerry
    
    Marjorie Bennett
  - Man
    
    Hal K. Dawson
  - phone repairman
    
    Norman Fell
  - girl on davenport
    
    Lisa Drake
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Robert Mulligan
  - Production Company
    
    Perlsea Company
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures Corporation
  - Producer
    
    William Perlberg
  - Producer
    
    George Seaton
  - Screenplay and original play
    
    Garson Kanin
  - Photography
    
    Robert Burks
  - Editor
    
    Alma Macrorie
  - Art Director
    
    Hal Pereira
  - Art Director
    
    Tambi Larsen
  - Music
    
    Elmer Bernstein
  - Sound
    
    Hugo Grenzbach
  - Sound
    
    Winston Leverett

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The Rat Race (1960)

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Cast

Credits

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