The Matchmaker
Jul 23 1958
•2h 41m
•Comedy, Romance
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
Cast
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Shirley Booth
Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi
Anthony Perkins
Cornelius Hackl
Shirley MacLaine
Irene Molloy
Paul Ford
Horace Vandergelder
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