The Girl Can't Help It

1h 38m
ComedyMusic
6.2

A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

Cast

Tom Ewell
Tom Miller
Jayne Mansfield
Jerri Jordan
Edmond O'Brien
Marty 'Fats' Murdock
Henry Jones
Mousie
Julie London
Herself
Barry Gordon
Barry the Paperboy
Ray Anthony
Himself
John Emery
Wheeler
Juanita Moore
Hilda
Fats Domino
Himself
Abbey Lincoln
Herself
Johnny Olenn
Himself
Nino Tempo
Himself
Eddie Cochran
Himself
Eddie Fontaine
Himself
Little Richard
Himself (uncredited)
Herb Reed
Himself
Phil Silvers
Milkman
Teddy Randazzo
Teddy Randazzo (uncredited)
Paul Robi
Himself

Crew

Frank Tashlin
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Herbert Baker
Screenplay
Garson Kanin
Novel
James B. Clark
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Ad Schaumer
Assistant Director
Owen McLean
Casting
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Designer
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Ray Kellogg
Special Effects
Lionel Newman
Original Music Composer
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Paul S. Fox
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Gaston Longet
Still Photographer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Leland Fuller
Art Direction

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