---
title: 'Guys and Dolls (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joseph L. Mankiewicz'
released: '1955-11-03'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/guys-and-dolls-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048140/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Guys and Dolls (1955)

1955 · 139 min · Comedy, Music, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, and Vivian Blaine. The picture was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and released by MGM. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway musical by composer and lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, which, in turn, was loosely based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon. Dances were choreographed by Michael Kidd, who had staged the dances for the Broadway production.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz)
- **Screenplay:** [Joseph L. Mankiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-l-mankiewicz), [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Abe Burrows](https://cinepixo.com/people/abe-burrows), [Jo Swerling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-swerling)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Loesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-loesser)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Mandell](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-mandell)

## Cast

- [Jerry Orbach](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-orbach)
- [Kathryn Givney](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-givney)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Vivian Blaine](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivian-blaine)
- [Sheldon Leonard](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheldon-leonard)
- [Frank Sinatra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sinatra)
- [Marlon Brando](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlon-brando)
- [Stubby Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/stubby-kaye)
- [Veda Ann Borg](https://cinepixo.com/people/veda-ann-borg)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Jean Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-simmons)
- [Regis Toomey](https://cinepixo.com/people/regis-toomey)
- [Robert Keith](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-keith)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Jack Chefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-chefe)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/guys-and-dolls-1955
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