Director: Joseph L. Mankiewics
Choreographer: Michael Kidd
Stars: Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons, Vivian Blaine
Nathan Detroit (Sinatra) cannot find a place to hold his illegal floating crap game, until this hopeless gambler comes across Skye Masterson (Brando), another inveterate gambler, and in order to pay for the place to have the crap game, Nathan bets Skye that he cannot take a certain doll to Havana, Cuba, for dinner. Skye is confident he can convince any doll to go with him anywhere, and he is dismayed to find that Nathan has chosen Sergeant Sarah Brown (Simmons), of the Salvation Army. In order to win, Skye must convince this "mission" doll to go to Cuba with him for dinner. (Yes, Skye is just that wealthy; he can go to another country for dinner.)
Well, if that isn't plot enough (oh, it is!), Nathan also has a doll, his finacee Adelaide (Blaine), who has put up with him for 14 years, waiting for him to finally set a date and tie the knot.
Bottom line- completely fantastic! If you love musicals, and haven't yet discovered this gem, do watch it! My high school put this on, and I was in the orchestra pit, so this one is very special to me.
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