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Bye Bye Birdie
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
1963 · Directed by George Sidney · 112 min · Comedy · Music · 10 frames
Tagline
The Most WONDERFUL Entertainment EVER! EVER!
Crew
- Screenplay: Irving Brecher
- Written by: Lee Adams
- Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
- Edited by: Charles Nelson
- Music: Charles Strouse
- Production design: Paul Groesse
- Produced by: Fred Kohlmar, George Sidney
Cast
- Janet Leigh as Rosie DeLeon
- Dick Van Dyke as Albert F. Peterson
- Ann-Margret as Kim McAfee
- Maureen Stapleton as Mama Mae Peterson
- Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody
- Jesse Pearson as Conrad Birdie
- Paul Lynde as Harry McAfee
- Mary LaRoche as Doris McAfee
- Michael Evans as Claude Paisley
- Robert Paige as Bob Precht
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Cantonese, Russian, English
- Studios: Kohlmar-Sidney Productions, Columbia Pictures
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $13,100,000
- Themes: small town, musical, satire, ohio, singer, secretary, songwriter, tortoise, music industry, media satire
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