Directed by:
Gene SaksScreenplay:
Paul ZindelCinematography:
Philip H. LathropComposer:
Jerry HermanCast:
Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison, Kirby Furlong, Jane Connell, Joyce Van Patten, Don Porter, John McGiver, Patrick Labyorteaux (more)Plots(1)
Wealthy, eccentric Mame Dennis is living it up during the Roaring 20's when she becomes guardian to her late brother's little boy Patrick. She embraces the new role with typical enthusiasm, showing her charge how to live to the fullest, filling his life with culture, adventure, and fun. Mame and Patrick go through good times and bad during his childhood. But when he returns home from college and Mame in introduced to his stuffy fiance and bigoted parents, she faces her greatest challenge. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lucille Ball
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Top Hat (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
Bea Arthur
USA
Best movies:
St. Vincent (2014) - a.f.
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Robert Preston
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Victor Victoria (1982)
Union Pacific (1939)
Bruce Davison
USA
Kirby Furlong
USA
Jane Connell
USA
Best movies:
Kotch (1971)
House Calls (1978)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Joyce Van Patten
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Marley & Me (2008)
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Don Porter
USA
Best movies:
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
Desk Set (1957)
Night Monster (1942)
John McGiver
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Patrick Labyorteaux
USA
Best movies:
Yes Man (2008)
Heathers (1988)
Summer School (1987)
Barbara Bosson
USA
Best movies:
Bullitt (1968)
Capricorn One (1977)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Burt Mustin
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Leonard Stone
USA
Best movies:
American Pop (1981)
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Soylent Green (1973)
Ned Wertimer
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Bad Company (1972)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Audrey Christie
USA
Best movies:
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Deadline (1952)
John Wheeler
USA
Best movies:
Apollo 13 (1995)
Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
Ruth McDevitt
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Birds (1963)
Change of Habit (1969)
Lucille Benson
USA
Best movies:
Duel (1971) (TV movie)
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Victor Romito
Italy
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Alice Nunn
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Mommie Dearest (1981)