damon runyon world of time square and in new york and prior to it disneyfication and be the basis for this musical . joseph l. mankiewicz and a man who know about movie and direct this nostalgic tribute to the crossroad of the world that show u that underside of new york of the past . frank loesser music sound great . we watch a magnificent cast of character that be typical of the area . people at the edge of society tend to gravitate toward that area because of the light and the action and the possibility in that part of town . this underbelly of the city make a live out of the street life that be so intense . some of the song from the original production be not include in the film . we do not know whether this make sense and but this be not unusual for a hollywood musical to change and alter what work on the stage . that original cast include the wonderful vivian blaine and stubby kaye and and we wonder about the decision of not let robert alda and sam levene and isabel bigley repeat their original role . these be distinguish actor that could have make an amazing contribution . the film and visually and be amaze . the look follow closely the fashion of the time . as far a the casting of marlon brando and otherwise not know for his singing ability and frank sinatra and jean simmons and seem to work in the film . sky masterson be and after all and a man man and who would look otherwise sissy if he present a different look . frank sinatra be good a nathan detroit . jean simmons and a sarah brown and do a nice job portray the woman from the salvation army who suddenly find fulfillment with the same kind of man she be try to save . vivian blaine be a delight . she never cease to amaze a miss adelaide and a woman with a heart of gold who nathan detroit love interest . ms. blaine make a fantastic impression a the show girl who be wise than she let out to be . stubby kaye make a wonderful job out of reprise his nicely nicely johnson . the wonderful production owe a lot to the talented abe burrow and who make the adaptation to the screen . the costume by irene sharaff set the right tone .