One Touch of Venus Poster

One Touch of Venus

73.00% | August 27, 1955 | Music, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, TV Movie

While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.

Featured Crew

Kurt Weill
Music
Ogden Nash
Lyricist
George Schaefer
Adaptation

Cast

Russell Nype
Russell Nype
Rodney Hatch
George Gaynes
George Gaynes
Whitelaw Savory
Laurel Shelby
Laurel Shelby
Molly Grant
Mort Marshall
Mort Marshall
Taxi Black

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