---
title: 'Bells Are Ringing (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vincente Minnelli'
released: '1960-06-23'
runtime_minutes: 127
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bells-are-ringing-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053645/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bells Are Ringing (1960)

1960 · 127 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Bells Are Ringing is a 1960 American romantic comedy-musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin. Based on the successful 1956 Broadway production of the same name by Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Jule Styne, the film focuses on Ella Peterson, based on the life of Mary Printz, who works in the basement office of a telephone answering service.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vincente Minnelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincente-minnelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Herbert Lichtenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lichtenfeld), [Betty Comden](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-comden), [Adolph Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-green)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jule Styne](https://cinepixo.com/people/jule-styne)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Adrienne Fazan](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-fazan)

## Cast

- [Fred Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-clark)
- [Jean Stapleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-stapleton)
- [Hal Linden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-linden)
- [Roy Jenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-jenson)
- [Eddie Foy, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-foy-jr)
- [Oliver Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-blake)
- [Joan Staley](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-staley)
- [Dean Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-martin)
- [William Kirschner](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-kirschner)
- [Frank Gorshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-gorshin)
- [Gerry Mulligan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-mulligan)
- [Paul Frees](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-frees)
- [Milton Parsons](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-parsons)
- [Lola Müthel](https://cinepixo.com/people/lola-muthel)
- [Sammy White](https://cinepixo.com/people/sammy-white)

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