"Bing hits the high notes! Joan hits the love notes! You'll hit a happy note... in this king-sized muscial wonder!"

1948

1h 46m

6.3(30 votes)

Romance

Comedy

Music

Overview

A brash American gramophone salesman tries to get Emperor Franz Joseph's endorsement in turn-of-the-century Austria.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bing Crosby

Virgil Smith

Joan Fontaine

Johanna Augusta Franziska

Roland Culver

Baron Holenia

Lucile Watson

Princesse Bitotska

Richard Haydn

l'empereur François-Joseph

Harold Vermilyea

Chamberlain

Sig Ruman

Dr. Zwieback

Julia Dean

Archduchess Stephanie

Bert Prival

Chauffeur

Alma Macrorie

Inn Proprietress

Creative team

Directed by: Billy Wilder
Written by: Charles Brackett
Billy Wilder
Produced by: Charles Brackett

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