Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here
original film poster
Directed byFrank Tashlin
Screenplay byAlex Gottlieb
Based onSusan
1951 play
by Steve Fisher
Alex Gottlieb
Produced byHarriet Parsons
StarringDick Powell
Debbie Reynolds
CinematographyNicholas Musuraca
Edited byHarry Marker
Music byLeigh Harline
Richard Myers
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • July 14, 1954 (1954-07-14)
(US)[1]
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.25 million (US)[2]

Susan Slept Here is a 1954 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Dick Powell (in his last film role) and Debbie Reynolds. Shot in Technicolor, the film is based on the play of the same name by Steve Fisher and Alex Gottlieb. Tashlin later revised the film's plotline and reused it in 1962 for the production Bachelor Flat.[3] Comedian Red Skelton has a minor role.

  1. ^ "Susan Slept Here (1954) / Release info", Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved June 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954", Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955.
  3. ^ Croce, Fernando F. Bachelor Flat, review, Cinepassion. Retrieved December 27, 2018.