Ada

Aug 25, 1961

1h 49m

★ 6.4

What was the truth about Ada?

Overview

A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Chalmar Inc.

Avon Productions

Ada Trailers

Cast

Ada Gillis

Susan Hayward

Bo Gillis

Dean Martin

Sylvester Marin

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Colonel Yancey

Ralph Meeker

Steve Jackson

Martin Balsam

Ronnie Hallerton

Frank Maxwell

Alice Sweet

Connie Sawyer

Speaker

Ford Rainey

Al Winslow

Charles Watts

Joe Adams

Larry Gates

Newspaper Woman

Carol Forman

Man in Crowd During Speech

Jack Carr

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