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The Matchmaker

"You'll Laugh...You'll Love..."

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1958 · 1h 41m
Comedy, Romance
Starring Shirley Booth · Anthony Perkins · Shirley MacLaine
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Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

Theatrical
Jul 23, 1958
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 18, 2005
Director
Joseph Anthony
Writer
John Michael Hayes
Producer
Don Hartman
Music
Adolph Deutsch
Studio
Don Hartman Productions
Keywords
new york city irish-american fake identity based on play or musical wealthy widow yonkers, new york employer employee relationship extravagance matchmaker playful poor pretending to be rich period piece comforting
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Cast

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Shirley Booth
Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi
A
Anthony Perkins
Cornelius Hackl
S
Shirley MacLaine
Irene Molloy
P
Paul Ford
Horace Vandergelder
R
Robert Morse
Barnaby Tucker
P
Perry Wilson
Minnie Fay
W
Wallace Ford
Malachi Stack
R
Russell Collins
Joe Scanlon
R
Rex Evans
August
G
Gavin Gordon
Rudolph
T
Torben Meyer
Alex

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