One Touch of Venus

One Touch of Venus

NR 1955 · 79 min · ★ 7.2 · 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
Laurel Shelby Molly Grant
Mort Marshall Taxi Black
Iggie Wolfington Stanley
Val Avery Bus Starter
Len Doyle Officer
Arny Freeman Anatolian
Peter Gumeny Second Trucker
Fred Hillebrand Major Domo
Glenn Kezer Police Lieutenant

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