The Lady Takes a Flyer
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The Lady Takes a Flyer is a 1958
romantic drama film made by Universal International Pictures. It was directed by Jack Arnold, and written by Danny Arnold
, based on story by Edmund H. North
.
1958 in film
The year 1958 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 16- "In the Money" by William Beaudine is released on this date. It would be the last installment of The Bowery Boys series which began back in 1946....
romantic drama film made by Universal International Pictures. It was directed by Jack Arnold, and written by Danny Arnold
Danny Arnold
Danny Arnold was an American producer, writer, comedian, actor and director known for producing Barney Miller, That Girl and Bewitched.-Life and career:...
, based on story by Edmund H. North
Edmund H. North
Edmund Hall North , was an American screenwriter who shared an Academy Award for "Best Original Screenplay" with Francis Ford Coppola in 1970 for their script for Patton....
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Cast
- Lana TurnerLana TurnerLana Turner was an American actress.Discovered and signed to a film contract by MGM at the age of sixteen, Turner first attracted attention in They Won't Forget . She played featured roles, often as the ingenue, in such films as Love Finds Andy Hardy...
as Maggie Colby - Jeff ChandlerJeff Chandler (actor)Jeff Chandler was an American film actor and singer in the 1950s.-Early life:Chandler was born Ira Grossel to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Anna and Phillip Grossel. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, the alma mater of many stage and film personalities...
as Mike Dandridge - Richard DenningRichard DenningRichard Denning , was an American actor who starred in such movies as Creature from the Black Lagoon and An Affair to Remember , and on radio with Lucille Ball as her husband George Cooper in My Favorite Husband , the forerunner of television's I Love Lucy, for which Denning was replaced by Ball's...
as Al Reynolds - Andra MartinAndra MartinAndra Martin is most notable for being the voice of Mama Gromble in AAAHH!!! Real Monsters. She was also James Garner's leading lady in the 1959 movie Up Periscope, and the daughter/secretary on the Perry Mason TV-series episode "The Case of the Prodigal Parent"...
as Nikki Taylor - Chuck ConnorsChuck ConnorsChuck Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman....
as Phil Donahoe - Reta ShawReta ShawReta Shaw was an American character actress known for playing authoritative women, housekeepers, and domineering wives, especially on television...
as Nurse Kennedy - Alan Hale Jr. as Frank Henshaw