We're No Angels (1955 film)

We're No Angels
Original film poster
Directed byMichael Curtiz
Screenplay byRanald MacDougall
Based onLa Cuisine Des Anges
by Albert Husson
My Three Angels
by Samuel and Bella Spewack
Produced byPat Duggan
StarringHumphrey Bogart
Aldo Ray
Peter Ustinov
CinematographyLoyal Griggs
Edited byArthur P. Schmidt
Music byFrederick Hollander
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 7, 1955 (1955-07-07)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
French
Box office$3 million (US/Canada rentals)[1]

We're No Angels is a 1955 Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, and Gloria Talbott. Shot in both VistaVision and Technicolor, the film was a Paramount Pictures release.

The screenplay was written by Ranald MacDougall, based on the play My Three Angels by Samuel and Bella Spewack, which itself was based upon the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson. Mary Grant designed the film's costumes.[2]

Gloria Talbott with cinematographer Loyal Griggs.

The film is set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1895.

  1. ^ "1955's Top Film Grossers". Variety. January 25, 1956. p. 15 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Paramount comedy for trade show Thursday". The Daily Film Renter. May 27, 1955. p. 1. ProQuest 2610447747. Retrieved August 28, 2022.