The Solid Gold Cadillac

The Solid Gold Cadillac
Directed byRichard Quine
Written byAbe Burrows
Based onThe Solid Gold Cadillac
1953 play
by George S. Kaufman
Howard Teichmann
Produced byFred Kohlmar
StarringJudy Holliday
Paul Douglas
Fred Clark
Narrated byGeorge Burns
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byCharles Nelson
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 22, 1956 (1956-08-22)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.4 million (US)[1]

The Solid Gold Cadillac is a 1956 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine and written by Abe Burrows, Howard Teichmann, and George S. Kaufman. It was adapted from the hit Broadway play of the same name by Teichmann and Kaufman that pillories big business and corrupt businessmen. The film stars Judy Holliday and Paul Douglas. The film is in black-and-white except for the final scene, which is presented in Technicolor.

  1. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957", Variety, 8 January 1958: 30