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Les Girls

Les Girls
Les Girls.jpg
Original movie poster
Directed by George Cukor
Produced by Sol C. Siegel
Saul Chaplin (associate producer)
Written by John Patrick
Vera Caspary (story)
Starring Gene Kelly
Kay Kendall
Mitzi Gaynor
Taina Elg
Jacques Bergerac
Leslie Phillips
Music by Cole Porter (music and lyrics)
Cinematography Robert Surtees
Edited by Ferris Webster
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • October 3, 1957 (1957-10-03)
Running time
114 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3,384,000
Box office $3,865,000

Les Girls, also known as Cole Porter's Les Girls, is a 1957 musical comedy film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by George Cukor, produced by Sol C. Siegel with Saul Chaplin as associate producer from a screenplay by John Patrick based on a story by Vera Caspary with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.

It stars Gene Kelly, Kay Kendall, Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg with Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips, Henry Daniell and Patrick Macnee.

After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren (Kay Kendall) is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele (Taina Elg). A Rashomon (1950)-style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry (Gene Kelly), while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.


The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

Immediately after the film was released tentative plans were announced for a sequel called Les Boys.

According to MGM records the film made $2,415,000 in the US and Canada and $1,450,000 elsewhere, but because of its high production cost lost $1,635,000.

Les Girls was a major vehicle for choreographer Jack Cole, and one of the first films to feature the role of choreographer in the opening credits.


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