Gaily, Gaily (1969)
1h 47m
Running Time
December 16, 1969Release Date
Plot.
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Beau Bridges
Ben Harvey
Melina Mercouri
Lil
Brian Keith
Francis Sullivan
George Kennedy
Axel P. Johanson
Hume Cronyn
Tim Grogan
Norman Jewison
Director
Margot Kidder
Adeline
Abram S. Ginnes
Writer
Roy Poole
Dunne
Ben Hecht
Writer
Wilfrid Hyde-White
The Governor
Melodie Johnson
Lilah Letterby
Henry Mancini
Composer
John Randolph
Father
Richard H. Kline
Cinematographer
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt
Editor
Charles Tyner
Dr. Lazarus
Joan Huntington
Kitty
Merie Earle
Granny
Claudia Bryar
Mother
Eric Shea
Virgil Harvey
Roy Barcroft
Dr. Gorson
James V. Christy
Frankie Piano
J.S. Johnson
Anarchist
Harry Holcombe
Stranger on Train
Tom Peters
Poet
Harvey Jason
Quinn
Maggie Olesen
Mrs. Krump
Les Podewell
Minister
Martin Harvey Friedberg
Photographer
Nikita Knatz
Chauffeur / Production Illustrator
Lynnea Larson
Sissy
Adele Yoshioka
Suzuki
Jackie Boncy
Claudet
Jade Manhattan
Martine
Lisa Todd
Fanny
Carole Lamond
Phalinx
Mardie March
Mabel
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Robert F. Boyle
Production Design
Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Hal Ashby
Associate Producer
Joseph Hurley
Production Illustrator
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Clem Portman
Sound Recordist
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Sass Bedig
Special Effects
Robert Martin
Sound
James D. Young
Assistant Editor
Sugar Blymyer
Hairstylist
Patrick J. Palmer
Production Manager
Larry DeWaay
Location Manager
Ray Aghayan
Costume Design
Wesley Jeffries
Costumer
Sam Gordon
Property Master
Wendell Franklin
Assistant Director
Mike Moder
First Assistant Director
Albert Whitlock
Matte Painter
Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist
Naomi Cavin
Hairstylist
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
George B. Chan
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Gaily, Gaily (released in the United Kingdom as Chicago, Chicago) is a 1969 American comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. It is a fictionalized adaptation of a 1963 memoir of the same name by Ben Hecht and stars Beau Bridges, Brian Keith, George Kennedy, Hume Cronyn and Melina Mercouri.
The film featured two songs sung by Mercouri with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman set to Henry Mancini's music.