The Girl Most Likely

1957
Approved
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

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Jane Powell, Keith Andes, Tommy Noonan, and Cliff Robertson in The Girl Most Likely (1957)

Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a boat mechanic. They have fun on their date and Pete proposes and Dodie accepts. Then Dodie meets Neil Patterson who is rich. They go to Mexico on his yacht and have fun on their date. Neil proposes and Dodie accepts. Now she has to choose.

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Dodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts.... Read allDodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a b... Read allDodie dreams of marrying a millionaire so that she can live 'the life'. Buzz, her boyfriend, however is not rich as he is a salesman for a housing development. He proposes and Dodie accepts. Dodie next meets Pete, who she thinks is rich, but she soon finds out that he is just a boat mechanic. They have fun on their date and Pete proposes and Dodie accepts. Then Dodie ... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

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YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 1 nomination

Dancer
(uncredited)

Herman Belmonte

Vendor
(uncredited)

Rodney Bieber

Dancer
(uncredited)

Joyce Blunt

Dancer
(uncredited)

Tex Brodus

Dancer
(uncredited)

Buddy Bryan

Dancer
(uncredited)

Lesley-Marie Colburn

Little Girl
(uncredited)

Fred Curt

Dancer
(uncredited)

Valentin de Vargas

Young Daddy
(uncredited)

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Trivia
According to director Mitchell Leisen, since this was the last film made at the RKO studio, a wrecking crew followed him around during shooting and, every time he wrapped a scene, the foreman of the wrecking crew asked him if he was absolutely finished with that set and wouldn't be needing it again. If Leisen said yes, the foreman called his crew in and they demolished the set as soon as Leisen was done with it.

Quotes
Dodie: Every day I read about girls marrying rich fellas. Every day.
Pete: You've got one chance in a million.
Dodie: Well, of course, the odds are against any two people meeting each other. There are two billion people in the world and if a girl meets any fella it's an accident.

Connections
Remake of Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

Soundtracks
The Girl Most Likely
Music by Nelson Riddle
Lyrics by Bob Russell
Sung over the opening credits by The Hi-Los

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Featured review

4/10

Not Very Likely

This movie features mostly people not known for their singing or their dancing... singing and dancing. The story is pretty weak and the musical numbers and dances are uninspired to put it mildly. Some of the principals were fortunate enough to be in much better films than this; how they ended up here I don't know but it's just a lame effort. The sets and color are nice enough and there are some interesting period touches for the 1950's, but overall, it's not a movie you'll finish watching (if you DO finish it) and want to see it ever again.