CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1958
The Matchmaker posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1958 1h 43m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

Movies like
The Matchmaker

Comedy
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Shirley Booth

Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi

Paul Ford

Horace Vandergelder

Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins

Cornelius Hackl

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Irene Molloy

Robert Morse

Barnaby Tucker