Ada (1961)
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Dean Martin plays an easygoing Southern politician, long on charm but short on brains. Susan Hayward, a poor girl with rich ideas, marries Martin and endeavors to engineer him into the governor's chair. Though no saint herself, Hayward is determined to overcome the good-old-boy corruption infesting the state government. She emerges triumphant after a public showdown with crafty politico Wilfred Hyde-White. Based on a novel by Wirt Williams,Ada was produced by the same team that had guided Susan Hayward to an Oscar nomination for I'll Cry Tomorrow. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daniel Mann
Synopsis of Ada
Dean Martin plays an easygoing Southern politician, long on charm but short on brains. Susan Hayward, a poor girl with rich ideas, marries Martin and endeavors to engineer him into the governor's chair. Though no saint herself, Hayward is determined to overcome the good-old-boy corruption infesting the state government. She emerges triumphant after a public showdown with crafty politico Wilfred Hyde-White. Based on a novel by Wirt Williams,Ada was produced by the same team that had guided Susan Hayward to an Oscar nomination for I'll Cry Tomorrow. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Ada
- Susan Hayward - Ada Gillis
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - Sylvester Marin
- Martin Balsam - Steve Jackson
- Connie Sawyer - Alice Sweet
- Charles Watts - Al Winslow
- Robert Simon - Natfield
- Richard Benedict
- Mary Treen - Clubwoman
- Kathryn Card
- Dean Martin - Bo Gillis
- Ralph Meeker - Col. Yancey
- Frank Maxwell - Ronnie Hallerton
- Ford Rainey - Speaker
- Larry Gates - Joe Adams
- William Zuckert - Harry Davers
- Helen Beverly
- Robert Burton
- Director(s):
- Daniel Mann
- Writer(s):
- William Driskill, Arthur Sheekman
- Producer(s):
- Lawrence Weingarten
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