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Susan Slept Here (25-Jun-1954)

Director: Frank Tashlin

Writer: Alex Gottlieb

From a play: Susan Slept Here by Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb

Music by: Leigh Harline

Producer: Harriet Parsons

Keywords: Comedy, May-September Romance

Hollywood scriptwriter Mark Christopher accepts a juvenile delinquent from the Los Angeles Vice Squad to counsel, but did not expect 17-year-old Susan. The presence of this underage girl in his house becomes a matter of great concern for Mark's fiancée, Isabella. This could never be produced today. Received Oscar nominations for Best Original Song "Hold My Hand", and Best Sound Recording. Dick Powell's final film.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ellen Corby
Actor
3-Jun-1911 14-Apr-1999 Grandma on The Waltons
Don Cornell
Singer
21-Apr-1919 23-Feb-2004 Big band singer, It Isn't Fair
Glenda Farrell
Actor
30-Jun-1904 1-May-1971 Torchy Blane
Anne Francis
Actor
16-Sep-1930 2-Jan-2011 Forbidden Planet
Rita Johnson
Actor
13-Aug-1913 31-Oct-1965 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Horace McMahon
Actor
17-May-1906 17-Aug-1971 Lt. Parker on Naked City
Alvy Moore
Actor
5-Dec-1921 4-May-1997 Hank Kimball on Green Acres
Dick Powell
Actor
14-Nov-1904 2-Jan-1963 The Bad and the Beautiful
Debbie Reynolds
Actor
1-Apr-1932 28-Dec-2016 Dancer, actress
Les Tremayne
Radio Personality
16-Apr-1913 19-Dec-2003 Veteran of 30,000 radio broadcasts
Herb Vigran
Actor
5-Jun-1910 29-Nov-1986 Television character actor

CAST

Dick Powell   ...   Mark Christopher
Debbie Reynolds   ...   Susan Landis
co-starring
Anne Francis   ...   Isabella Alexander
with
Glenda Farrell   ...   Maude Snodgrass
Alvy Moore   ...   Virgil
Horace McMahon   ...   Sgt. Monty Maizel
Herb Vigran   ...   Sgt. Sam Hanlon
Les Tremayne   ...   Harvey Butterworth
Mara Lane   ...   Marilyn
Rita Johnson   ...   Dr. Rawley
Maidie Norman   ...   Georgette

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