Ada

Just introduced, southern state gubernatorial candidate Bo (Dean Martin) and "entertainer" Susan Hayward (title character) get to know each other, in Ada, 1961, directed by Daniel Mann from the novel by Wirt Williams.

Chilled candidate for governor Bo (Dean Martin) introduces the call-girl he's just married (Susan Hayward, title character) to guru Sylvester (Wilfrid Hyde-White, playing Southern), press aide Martin Balsam observing, in Ada, 1961, from a Pulitzer-nominated novel by Wirt Williams.

Portion of the opening, in which we meet star Dean Martin as "Bo Gillis," the singing candidate for governor of a southern state bordering Alabama, with press aide Steve (Martin Balsam), in Ada, 1961, also starring Susan Hayward.

Call girl Susan Hayward weds easygoing politician Dean Martin and helps him against corrupt state officials in Ada (1961).