Directed by Howard Hawks Written by Charles Lederer   Joseph Fields   Anita Loos   Cast Jane Russell ... Dorothy Shaw Marilyn Monroe ... Lorelei Lee Charles Coburn ... Sir Francis 'Piggy' Beekman Elliott Reid ... Ernie Malone Tommy Noonan ... Gus Esmond Jr. George Winslow ... Henry Spofford III Marcel Dalio ... Magistrate Taylor Holmes ... Mr. Esmond Sr. Norma Varden ... Lady Beekman Howard Wendell ... Watson Steven Geray ... Hotel Manager Uncredited Cast David Ahdar ... Wedding Guest Alex Akimoff ... Captain of Waiters Aladdin ... Musician John Alban ... Ship Passenger Gordon Armitage ... Courtroom Spectator Patricia Barker ... Small Role Virginia Bates ... Chorus Girl Harry Baum ... Courtroom Spectator Mary Bayless ... Ship Passenger Kip Behar ... Olympic Team Wallace Bickmore ... Small Role Eumenio Blanco ... Officer Herman Boden ... Chorus Boy Julio Bonini ... Small Role Jack Boyle ... Passenger Paul Bradley ... Wedding Guest Harris Brown ... Small Role Edward C. Browne ... Small Role William Cabanne ... Sims Peter Camlin ... Gendarme Harry Carey Jr. ... Winslow - Olympic Team Steve Carruthers ... Ship Passenger Albert Cavens ... Wedding Guest George Chakiris ... Chorus Boy Spencer Chan ... Commuter at Airport Jack Chefe ... Proprietor Beulah Christian ... Nightclub Patron John Close ... Coach Harold E. Coates ... Small Role Robert Cole ... Chorus Boy Joan Collenette ... Chorus Girl Paul Cristo ... Ship Passenger Gene Dailey ... Small Role Roy Damron ... Sailor Becky Davis ... Small Role Drusilla Davis ... Chorus Girl George Davis ... Pierre - Cab Driver Jean De Briac ... Gendarme Charles De Ravenne ... Purser George Dee ... Gendarme Josette Deegan ... French Stewardess Jean Del Val ... Ship's Captain Frank Dernhammer ... Small Role Bobby Diamond ... Small Role Deena Dikkers ... Hotel Clerk Jack Dodds ... Chorus Boy Dan Dowling ... Ship Passenger Arthur Dulac ... Small Role Harry Evans ... Ship Passenger Joe Evans ... Waiter Adolph Faylauer ... Man at Airport Bess Flowers ... Nightclub Patron George Ford ... Courtroom Officer Robert Foulk ... Passport Official Alex Frazer ... Pritchard Raoul Freeman ... Hotel Doorman Joel Friend ... Chorus Boy Robert Fuller ... Chorus Boy Ed Fury ... Olympic Team Member Kay Garrett ... Mr. Brooks Kenneth Gibson ... Ship Passenger Joe Gilbert ... Ship Passenger June Glory ... Woman in French Nightclub James Gonzalez ... Ship Passenger Herschel Graham ... Hotel Guest A. Cameron Grant ... Small Role Bennett Green ... Waiter Stanley Hall ... Chorus Boy Sam Harris ... Nightclub Patron John Hedloe ... Olympic Team Member Bill Hickman ... Ship Passenger Chuck Hicks ... Olympic Team Member George Hoagland ... Courtroom Spectator Stuart Holmes ... Nightclub Patron Casse Jaeger ... Chorus Boy Richard Kean ... Small Role Dorothy Kellogg ... Passenger Colin Kenny ... Wedding Guest Larry Kert ... Chorus Boy Tommy Ladd ... Chorus Boy Richard LaMarr ... Porter Judy Landon ... Chorus Girl Lisa Lang ... Small Role Joan Larkin ... Chorus Girl Henri Letondal ... Grotier Carl M. Leviness ... Ship Passenger Ray Long ... Small Role Shirley Lopez ... Chorus Girl Robert Locke Lorraine ... Commuter at Airport Herb Lurie ... Chorus Boy Warren Mace ... Passenger John Marlin ... Waiter Alphonse Martell ... Headwaiter Erin Martin ... Small Role Matt Mattox ... Chorus Boy Reed Maxcy ... Small Role Bert May ... Chorus Boy Frank McLure ... Ship Passenger Russell Meeker ... Steward Buzz Miller ... Chorus Boy Harold Miller ... Restaurant Patron King Mojave ... Wedding Guest Ray Montgomery ... Peters - Olympic Team Alvy Moore ... Winston - Olympic Team Roger Moore ... Chauffeur Donald Moray ... Airport Porter Leo Mostovoy ... Phillipe Fred Moultrie ... Boy Dancer James Moultrie ... Boy Dancer Noel Neill ... Passenger Julie Newmar ... Chorus Girl Robert Nichols ... Evans Ron Nyman ... Chorus Boy William H. O'Brien ... Ship Passenger Monty O'Grady ... Ship Passenger Gayle Pace ... Olympic Team Member Alfred Paix ... Pierre Stephen Papich ... French Waiter John Pedrini ... Bartender Ralph Peters ... Passport Official Hamil Petroff ... Chorus Boy Foster H. Phinney ... Ship Passenger Joe Ploski ... Spectator at Cafe Jose Portugal ... Courtroom Spectator Frank Radcliffe ... Chorus Boy Fred Rapport ... Commuter at Airport Ellen Ray ... Chorus Girl Steve Reeves ... Olympic Team Member Barry Regan ... Passenger Jack Regas ... Chorus Boy Suzanne Ridgway ... Spectator at Cafe Mel Robin ... Small Role John Robinson ... Small Role Don M. Rosenstock ... Small Role James H. Russell ... Olympic Team Member Loretta Russell ... Ship Passenger Paul Russell ... Ship Passenger Loulette Sablon ... Small Role Rolfe Sedan ... Waiter Bernard Sell ... Wedding Guest Harry Seymour ... Louie - Captain of Waiters Peggy Smith ... Passenger Buddy Spencer ... Chorus Boy Ray Spiker ... Crewman Norman Stevans ... Nightclub Patron Roberta Stevenson ... Chorus Girl Robert Street ... Chorus Boy F. Philip Sylvestre ... Steward Charles Tannen ... Ed - Malone's Contact Marlina Tepel ... Small Role Lee Theodore ... Chorus Boy Arthur Tovey ... Stagehand Blaine Turner ... Wedding Guest Tyra Vaughn ... Chorus Girl Ray Weamer ... Chorus Boy John Weidemann ... Olympic Team member Dick Wessel ... Chez Louis Nightclub Patron Leo Wheeler ... Chorus Boy Marc Wilder ... Chorus Boy Max Willenz ... Court Clerk James Young ... Stevens - Olympic Team Produced by Sol C. Siegel   Original Music by Leigh Harline Lionel Newman Hal Schaefer Herbert W. Spencer

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