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Where's Charley? is a film of genre Comedy directed by David Butler released in USA on 26 june 1952 with Ray Bolger
Where's Charley? (1952)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 june 1952
Directed by David Butler
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Rating68%
Where's Charley? is a 1952 British musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton. It was an adaptation of the musical Where's Charley? which was in turn based on the play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas.
It earned an estimated $1.5 million at the North American box office in 1952.
Actors
Ray Bolger
(Charley Wykeham)
Allyn Ann McLerie
(Amy Spettigue (as Allyn McLerie))
Margaretta Scott
(Dona Lucia)
Howard Marion-Crawford
(Sir Francis Chesney)
Mary Germaine
(Kitty Verdun)
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