Ada
Political drama about an honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Released
- 1961
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1961
Storyline
Political drama about an honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.
Top credits
Susan Hayward ā Ada Gillis
Dean Martin ā Bo Gillis
Wilfrid Hyde-White ā Sylvester Marin
Ralph Meeker ā Colonel Yancey
Did you know
ā¢ This film was a disaster at the box office for MGM, resulting in a loss of $2,372,000 ($19.2M in 2017) according to studio records. It never got a cinema release in the UK. Actually, while it is true that the film did not get a general release in the UK, it did play for two weeks from January 18th 1962 at MGM's Ritz, Leicester Square, London.
ā¢ Like many of her contemporaries, such as Claudette Colbert and Jean Arthur, Susan Hayward was photographed almost exclusively from the left side, usually the preferred left three-quarters angle.
ā¢ The governor's car, which is blown up, but seen later intact, is a 1939 LaSalle 4-door sedan.
User reviews
Governor's girl
"Thumbs up" on an underrated film
Classic Susan Hayward drama
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
