One Touch of Venus

7.3(3)19551h 19m

MusicComedyFantasyRomanceTV Movie

While touring a museum, Rodney Hatch, an unremarkable barber, places an engagement ring intended for his girlfriend on the hand of a statue of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty. From Mount Olympus, Venus witnesses the event and decides to visit Rodney on Earth by magically inhabiting the statue. Hilarity ensues when she starts to fall in love with Rodney and competes with his girlfriend for his attentions. This television version of Kurt Weill's successful Broadway musical is much more faithful to the stage version than the 1948 Ava Gardner film, which changed the story considerably and cut most of the songs.

Director

George Schaefer

Cast

Janet Blair

Venus

Russell Nype

Rodney Hatch

George Gaynes

Whitelaw Savory

Laurel Shelby

Molly Grant

Mort Marshall

Taxi Black

Iggie Wolfington

Stanley

Val Avery

Bus Starter

Len Doyle

Officer

Arny Freeman

Anatolian

Peter Gumeny

Second Trucker

Fred Hillebrand

Major Domo

Glenn Kezer

Police Lieutenant

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

6.0

This is probably most notable as an example of a televised live performance. Neither the story nor the cast deliver anything particularly scintillating, otherwise. The story is quite fun: "Rodney" (Russell Nype) tries out his soon-to-be-fiancée's engagement ring on a statue of Venus. She (Janet Blair) promptly comes alive and decides to get shot of the girlfriend and claim him for herself. Blair i...