One Touch of Venus

While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.
Release Date: 1955-08-27
Music
Comedy
Fantasy
Romance
TV Movie
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Casts

Janet Blair
as Venus
Russell Nype
as Rodney Hatch
George Gaynes
as Whitelaw Savory
Iggie Wolfington
as Stanley
Val Avery
as Bus Starter
Arny Freeman
as Anatolian
Louis Nye
as Dr. Rook
Georgia Simmons
as Mrs. Moats
Dick Wilson
as First Trucker

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