---
title: 'On the Town (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gene Kelly'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-the-town-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041716/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# On the Town (1949)

1949 · 96 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

On the Town is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation of the Broadway stage musical of the same name produced in 1944, although many changes in the script and score were made to the original stage version; for instance, most of Bernstein's score was dropped in favor of new songs by Edens, who felt that the majority of Bernstein's music was too complex and too operatic for film audiences. This caused Bernstein to boycott the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gene Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-kelly), [Stanley Donen](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-donen)
- **Screenplay:** [Betty Comden](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-comden), [Adolph Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-green)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leonard Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed), [Roger Edens](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-edens)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Ralph E. Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-e-winters)

## Cast

- [Claire Carleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-carleton)
- [Lester Dorr](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-dorr)
- [Hans Conried](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-conried)
- [Alice Pearce](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-pearce)
- [Frank Sinatra](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sinatra)
- [Vera-Ellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-ellen)
- [Judy Holliday](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-holliday)
- [Murray Alper](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-alper)
- [Florence Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-bates)
- [Eugene Borden](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-borden)
- [Ann Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-miller)
- [Don Brodie](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-brodie)
- [Robert Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-williams)
- [Jules Munshin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-munshin)
- [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney)

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