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Athena is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Richard Thorpe released in USA on 4 november 1954 with Jane Powell
Athena (1954)
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Add to a movie listAthena (1954) is a romantic musical comedy, starring Jane Powell, Edmund Purdom, Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, and Norma Varden, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The film tells the story of an old-fashioned conservative lawyer who falls in love with a daughter from a family of fitness fanatics.
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Conservative lawyer Adam Calhorn Shaw (Edmund Purdom) hopes to be elected to office, like his father, and his father's father. He is engaged to a sophistocated society lady, Beth Hallson (Linda Christian).Actors
Jane Powell
(Athena Mulvain)
Edmund Purdom
(Adam Calhorn Shaw)
Debbie Reynolds
(Minerva Mulvain)
Louis Calhern
(Grandpa Ulysses Mulvain)
Linda Christian
(Beth Hallson)
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