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Bells Are Ringing
“The screen is singing M.G.M. is bringing Broadway's Bell-Ringer of a Musical to the World!”
64%
Movie
2h 6m
AI Analysis
Bells Are Ringing (1960) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Bells Are Ringing (1960) — a movie tagged as Comedy and Romance with funny moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particu… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~126 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Bells Are Ringing 64% (52 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
64%
from 52 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1960-06-23
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- TMDB rating
- 6.4
- TMDB ID
- 43029
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What is Bells Are Ringing about?
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting differen... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Bells Are Ringing?
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How long is the movie Bells Are Ringing?
The official runtime for Bells Are Ringing is approximately 126 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Judy Holliday
Ella Peterson

Dean Martin
Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark
Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.
J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton
Sue
- R
Ruth Storey
Gwynne

Dort Clark
Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin
Blake Barton
- R
Ralph Roberts
Francis

Valerie Allen
Olga
- B
Bernie West
Joe Kitchell
- S
Steve Peck
Gangster (uncredited)

Gerry Mulligan
Ella's Blind Date
- J
Jimmy Ames
Bernie

Lela Bliss
Party Guest (uncredited)

Donna Douglas
Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Blake
Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

Herb Vigran
Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
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