Synopsis
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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Cast
- Marlon BrandoSky Masterson
- Jean SimmonsSarah Brown
- Frank SinatraNathan Detroit
- Vivian BlaineMiss Adelaide
- Robert KeithLt. Brannigan
- Stubby KayeNicely-Nicely Johnson
- B.S. PullyBig Jule
- Johnny SilverBenny Southstreet
- Sheldon LeonardHarry the Horse
- Danny DaytonRusty Charlie
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
The face-off between two of the biggest legends in American pop culture, Sinatra and Brando, is something to be relished, although the roles are perhaps a little too atypical for each for the pairing itself to be legendary as the individuals. But still, what a joy it always is. - 100
Chicago Reader
Conceivably the best picture Sam Goldwyn ever produced. - 100
Empire
Still one of the most thrilling and thoroughly entertaining of all musicals. - 80
Time Out
The real draw is the script: based on stories by Damon Runyon and spruced up by His Girl Friday scribe Ben Hecht, it strikes such a perfect blend of salty and sweet that it’s almost a shame when the band strikes up and the jazz hands come out. - 80
Variety
A bangup filmusical in the topdrawer Goldwyn manner. - 80
CineVue
It was once said that Runyon’s prose had a ungrammatical purity about it (what with the refusal of the past tense), but likewise Guys And Dolls works because it shouldn’t work. - 80
The New York Times
It's as tinny and tawny and terrific as any hot-cha musical film you'll ever see. - 80
Village Voice
Guys and Dolls is a rare example of a filmed musical being as sprightly in its own way as the original stage production. [28 Mar 1956, p.6]
