Overview

Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Cast

Judy Holliday

Ella Peterson

Dean Martin

Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark

Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.

J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton

Sue

N/A

Ruth Storey

Gwynne

Dort Clark

Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin

Blake Barton

N/A

Ralph Roberts

Francis

Valerie Allen

Olga

N/A

Bernie West

Joe Kitchell

N/A

Steve Peck

Gangster (uncredited)