Ask Any Girl

Aug 21, 1959

1h 38m

★ 6.2

The Funniest Idea Ever...For Making a Male Into a Mate!

Overview

Meg is a young wide-eyed girl who is endures many calamities in her search for a husband in modern-day New York. After losing her suitcase at Penn Station, being kicked out by her roommate, and changing bosses because her boss made a pass at her, she finds herself looking for work at a Manhattan motivational research agency run by punctilious Miles Doughton and his playboy brother, Evan.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Euterpe Productions

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Cast

Miles Doughton

David Niven

Meg Wheeler

Shirley MacLaine

Evan Doughton

Gig Young

Ross Taford

Rod Taylor

Mr. Maxwell

Jim Backus

Lisa

Claire Kelly

Jennie Boyden

Elisabeth Fraser

Terri Richards

Dodie Heath

Bert

Read Morgan

Refined Young Lady

Carmen Phillips

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Helen Wallace

Gabrielle (uncredited)

Sandra Warner

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