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70% Critic Match
Wonderful Town
“The Broadway smash of 1953 comes to the small screen.”
7.0 / 10• 1958• 1h 53m•NR• English
MusicComedyRomanceTV Movie
Storyline
Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-work football player known as the Wreck, and Mr. Appopolous, a modern painter and their landlord) and embark on various New York adventures. Ruth, who's trying to make it as a writer, meets up with a sleazy newspaper writer named Chick and a kindly editor named Bob, both of whom take an interest in both her career and her.
Cast & Crew
Rosalind Russell
Ruth Sherwood
Lead
Sydney Chaplin
Robert Baker
Jacquelyn McKeever
Eileen Sherwood
Joseph Buloff
Mr. Appopolous
Dort Clark
Chick Clark
JB
Jordan Bentley
Wreck
CA
Cris Alexander
Frank Lippencott
MB
Michele Burke
Helen Wade
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mel Ferber's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Wonderful Town is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
