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Born Yesterday

Name: Born Yesterday
Director: George Cukor
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1950
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto

Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

1950 · Directed by George Cukor · 103 min · Comedy · Romance · 10 frames

Tagline

It's Here AT LAST!

Crew

Screenplay: Albert Mannheimer
Cinematography: Joseph Walker
Edited by: Charles Nelson
Music: Friedrich Hollaender
Production design: Harry Horner
Produced by: S. Sylvan Simon

Cast

Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn
Broderick Crawford as Harry Brock
William Holden as Paul Verrall
Howard St. John as Jim Devery
Frank Otto as Eddie
Larry Oliver as Congressman Norval Hedges
Barbara Brown as Mrs. Hedges
Grandon Rhodes as Sanborn
Claire Carleton as Helen
Chet Brandenburg as Hotel Worker (uncredited)

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Columbia Pictures
Themes: washington dc, usa, congress, tycoon, based on play or musical, political satire

More by George Cukor

My Fair Lady — 1964
Gaslight — 1944
Holiday — 1938
The Women — 1939
Let's Make Love — 1960
Adam's Rib — 1949
A Star Is Born — 1954
Little Women — 1933
Camille — 1936
The Philadelphia Story — 1940

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