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.
George Schaefer
Kurt Weill
Janet Blair
Venus
Russell Nype
Rodney Hatch
George Gaynes
Whitelaw Savory
Laurel Shelby
Molly Grant
Mort Marshall
Taxi Black
Iggie Wolfington
Stanley
Val Avery
Bus Starter
Len Doyle
Officer
Arny Freeman
Anatolian
Peter Gumeny
Second Trucker
Fred Hillebrand
Major Domo
Glenn Kezer
Police Lieutenant
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This is probably most notable as an example of a televised live performance. Neither the story nor the cast deliver anything particularly scintillating, otherwise. The story is quite fun: "Rodney" (Russell Nype) tries out his soon-to-be-fiancée's engagement ring on a statue of Venus. She (Janet Blai...
ONE TOUCH OF VENUS (1955 TV PRODUCTION)
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