Directed by:
Robert WiseCinematography:
Joseph LaShelleComposer:
Sol KaplanCast:
Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating, Gladys Hurlbut, Hugh Sanders, Ian Wolfe, Parley Baer, Robert Livingston, Warren Stevens (more)Plots(1)
Something for the Birds is a satire of Washington, filmed during the McCarthy era. For lack of a political target that wouldn't get them labeled as Communists, the producers decided to go after lobbyists. Patricia Neal comes to Washington on behalf of the preservation of the California Condor; she finds herself the object of ridicule for almost everyone, including leading man Victor Mature, a lobbyist for the oil interests who threatens a large bird sanctuary. Edmund Gwenn is one of the few Washingtonians willing to financially back Neal's cause; unfortunately he turns out to be a charlatan with nary a nickel to his name. Eventually Mature is made to realize that the plight of the Condor is worthy worrying about, and he is able to dissuade the agreeable oil executives from drilling on the bird's territory. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Victor Mature
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Patricia Neal
USA
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
Edmund Gwenn
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Life with Father (1947)
Larry Keating
USA
Best movies:
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Monkey Business (1952)
Whirlpool (1949)
Gladys Hurlbut
USA
Best movies:
The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
Hugh Sanders
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Storm Warning (1951)
Only the Valiant (1951)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Love Crazy (1941)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Parley Baer
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Robert Livingston
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Dakota (1945)
Warren Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Storm Warning (1951)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Charles Wagenheim
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Norma Varden
UK
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Casablanca (1942)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Marvin Bryan
USA
Best movies:
Marty (1955)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
The Deadly Mantis (1957)