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Ada is a american film of genre Drama directed by Daniel Mann released in USA on 25 august 1961 with Susan Hayward
Ada (1961)
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Add to a movie listAda is a 1961 American political drama film made by Avon Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Lawrence Weingarten, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman and William Driskill based on the novel Ada Dallas by Wirt Williams. The musical score was by Bronislau Kaper and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. The art direction was by Edward Carfagno and George W. Davis and the costume design by Helen Rose.
The film stars Susan Hayward and Dean Martin along with Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker, and Martin Balsam.
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Bo Gillis (Dean Martin) is a guitar-playing good old boy from a Southern state who is a candidate for governor there. He ends up elected after his opponent's wife is revealed to have a dark secret, a fact that Bo's campaign mastermind, Sylvester Marin (Wilfrid Hyde-White), makes sure becomes known to all.Actors
Susan Hayward
(Ada Gillis)
Dean Martin
(Bo Gillis)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
(Sylvester Marin)
Ralph Meeker
(Colonel Yancey)
Martin Balsam
(Steve Jackson)
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