The Merry Widow
Drama
Music
M-G-M presents the saucy new musical!
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
1952-09-05
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Cast
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Lana Turner as Crystal Radek
Fernando Lamas as Count Danilo
Una Merkel as Kitty Riley
Richard Haydn as Baron Popoff
Thomas Gomez as King of Marshovia
John Abbott as Marshovian Ambassador
Marcel Dalio as Police Sergeant
King Donovan as Nitki
Robert Coote as Marquis De Crillon
Lisa Ferraday as Marcella
Ludwig Stössel as Major Domo
Erville Alderson as Cart Driver (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan as Dancer (uncredited)
George Calliga as Club Patron (uncredited)
Sue Casey as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Zina d'Harcourt as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
George Davis as Cabbie (uncredited)
George Dee as Waiter (uncredited)
Edward Earle as Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
Everett Glass as Putney (uncredited)
Lisa Golm as Queen (uncredited)
Dolly Haas as 1st Little Girl (uncredited)
Patricia Joiner as Suzanne (uncredited)
Anne Kimbell as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Judy Landon as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Joi Lansing as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt as Scout Leader (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis as King’s Page with Pistol (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Michael Mark as Chestnut Vendor (uncredited)
Matt Mattox as Dancer (uncredited)
Edwin Max as Masher at Maxim's (uncredited)
Philo McCullough as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Frank McLure as Club Patron (uncredited)
Louis Mercier as French Tour Guide (uncredited)
Torben Meyer as Station Master (uncredited)
Michele Montau as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Forbes Murray as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Richard Neill as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Barry Norton as Club Patron (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway as Waitress (uncredited)
Loretta Russell as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo as Reception Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Club Patron (uncredited)
Bernard Sell as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Gale Sherwood as Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan as Attendant (uncredited)
Gwen Verdon as Specialty Can-Can Dancer (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes as Waiter (uncredited)
Dave Willock as Marshovian Attache (uncredited)
Wanda McKay as Girl at Maxim's