One Touch of Venus
1955 · 79 min · ★ 7.3 · Music, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, TV Movie
While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.
Directed by George Schaefer
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Janet Blair Venus -
Russell Nype Rodney Hatch -
George Gaynes Whitelaw Savory - L Laurel Shelby Molly Grant
- M Mort Marshall Taxi Black
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Iggie Wolfington Stanley -
Val Avery Bus Starter - L Len Doyle Officer
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Arny Freeman Anatolian - P Peter Gumeny Second Trucker
- F Fred Hillebrand Major Domo
- G Glenn Kezer Police Lieutenant
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