One Touch of Venus
79 mins
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.
Laurel Shelby
Molly Grant
Mort Marshall
Taxi Black
Len Doyle
Officer
Peter Gumeny
Second Trucker
Fred Hillebrand
Major Domo
Glenn Kezer
Police Lieutenant
William LeMassena
Zuvetli
Adnia Rice
Mrs. Kramer
Mildred Trares
Gloria Kramer
S.J. Perelman
Theatre Play
Ogden Nash
Theatre Play
F. Anstey
Novel
John Gerstad
Adaptation
Ogden Nash
Lyricist