But Not for Me

Name: But Not for Me
Cast: Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, Lee J. Cobb, Barry Coe

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Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Walter LangWriter: John Michael HayesProducers: George Seaton, William Perlberg

Clark Gable

as Russell 'Russ' Ward

Carroll Baker

as Ellie Brown / Borden

Lilli Palmer

as Kathryn Ward

Lee J. Cobb

as Jeremiah MacDonald

Barry Coe

as Gordon Reynolds

Thomas Gomez

as Demetrios Bacos

Charles Lane

as Al Atwood

Wendell Holmes

as Miles Montgomery

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