"In Italy... on the Mediterranean... across an ocean... and all over New York!"

1957

1h 51m

7.4(526 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Cary Grant

Nickie Ferrante

Deborah Kerr

Terry McKay

Richard Denning

Kenneth Bradley

Neva Patterson

Lois Clark

Cathleen Nesbitt

Grandmother Janou

Robert Q. Lewis

Charles Watts

Ned Hathaway

Fortunio Bonanova

Courbet

Dorothy Adams

Mother at Rehearsal (uncredited)

Al Bain

Man (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Leo McCarey
Written by: Leo McCarey
Delmer Daves
Produced by: Jerry Wald

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