Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew

1958 | 1h 43m | Musical, Comedy | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

A schoolteacher is seemingly destined to a dull, predictable life with his dull, predictable fiancée. But while on an archeological dig, he stumbles into a traveling circus — and is soon performing as a clown and falling in love with a beautiful acrobat.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Michael Kidd

CAST

Danny Kaye

Pier Angeli

Salvatore Baccaloni

Noel Purcell

Robert Coote

Patricia Cutts

PRODUCERS

Sol C. Siegel

WRITERS

Isobel Lennart

I.A.L. Diamond

Paul Gallico

Related Videos

04:45
Merry Andrew (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Salud
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The Gallini circus family led by their patriarch (Salvatore Baccaloni) celebrates the upcoming marriage of Andrew (Danny Kaye) and their Selena (Pier Angeli), director Michael Kidd with choreography to a tune by Saul Chaplin and Johnny Mercer, in Merry Andrew, 1958.
02:29
Merry Andrew - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Danny Kaye is an archaeologist whose search for Roman treasure gets him mixed up with a circus troupe in Merry Andrew (1958).
03:58
Merry Andrew (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Chin Up, Stout Fellow
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Public school teacher Andrew Larrabee (Danny Kaye) receives brothers Matthew (Noel Purcell) and Dudley (Robert Coote), who advise him to stand up to their father, his headmaster, their voices dubbed for the song by Saul Chaplin and Johnny Mercer, early in Merry Andrew, 1958.
03:46
Merry Andrew (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Everything Is Tickety-Boo
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Now ebullient English public schoolmaster Andrew (Danny Kaye) has permission to resume his amateur archaeology, headed for Sussex with his theme song by Saul Chaplin and Johnny Mercer, spying Pier Angeli, her first appearance, in a makeshift shower, in Merry Andrew, 1958.

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