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The Girl Next Door
“Something new under the Musical Sun!”
5.0 / 10• 1953• 1h 32m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
Stage-and-night club star Jeannie Laird buys her first home, and everyone who is anyone comes to her first garden party only to be blinded by smoke from next door. Jeannie charges next door to bawl out her new neighbor and meets comic-strip artist Bill Carter. Bill has devoted himself to his strip, and raising his ten-year-old son Joe since the death of his wife. Joe bases his strip on the everyday happenings of he and his son and is proud of keeping it scrupulously honest. When Jeannie and Bill fall in love, young Joe is hurt, especially when Bill starts using a lot of the father-son time to be with Jeannie. Bill cancels a father-son trip to Canada, and Joe decides to write a letter to Bill's syndicate pointing out that the current plot line of the script being set in Canada isn't honest, since they didn't go.
Cast & Crew
Dan Dailey
Bill Carter
Lead
June Haver
Jeannie Laird
Dennis Day
Reed Appleton
Billy Gray
Joe Carter
Cara Williams
Rosie Green
Natalie Schafer
Evelyn the maid
Clinton Sundberg
Samuels the butler
Hayden Rorke
Henry Fields
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Sale's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Girl Next Door is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
