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Call Me Madam

Musical comedy about a Washington hostess posted as ambassador to a tiny European principality who falls in love with the handsome foreign minister.

Musical comedy about a Washington hostess who is posted as ambassador to the tiny European principality of Lichtenburg. She falls in love with the handsome foreign minister, while a local princess falls in love with the embassy's young American press attache.

A film version of Irving Berlin's Broadway hit.

1 hour, 50 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Jun 202014:40
BBC Two

Music Played

  • Ethel Merman

    The Hostess With the Mostess

  • George Sanders

    Marrying For Love (From 'Call Me Madam')

  • Ethel Merman & Donald O’Connor

    You're Just in Love

  • George Sanders & Ethel Merman

    You're Just In Love / Something To Dance About (From 'Call Me Madam')

Credits

Sally AdamsEthel Merman
Kenneth GibsonDonald O'Connor
Princess MariaVera-Ellen
General Cosmo ConstantineGeorge Sanders
Pemberton MaxwellBilly DeWolfe
August TantinninWalter Slezak
Prime Minister SebastianSteven Geray
Grand Duke OttoLudwig Stossel
Prince HugoHelmut Dantine
Grand Duchess SophieLilia Skala
Senator BrockwayCharles Dingle
Senator Charlie GallagherEmory Parnell
Senator WilkinsPercy Helton
DirectorWalter Lang

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