nathan detroit ( frank sinatra ) be the manager of the new york long establish float crap game and and he need $ 1000 to secure a new location . confident of his odds and he bet the city high roller and sky masterson ( marlon brando ) and that he can not woo uptight missionary sarah brown ( jean simmons ) . guy and doll ( 1955 ) be such a great musical because it deftly blend the contrasting style of film and stage . during a dazzling opening sequence and crowd of pedestrian move in rhythm and stopping and starting a though respond to backstage cue . even the walking movement themselves be stylised and angular and halfway between a walk and a dance . mankiewicz new york city be a glitter flurry of art deco colour and movement and a fantasy world so completely remove from reality that even the business of underground gambling and criminal thuggery seem perfectly genial . a i write this review and i have just receive word that jean simmons have pass away and age 80. this and unbelievably and be the first time i would see her in a film and yet she dazzle me from the beginning . her idealistic and sexually repress sarah come out of her shell follow an alcohol binge in havana and let loose with an adorably playful rendition of if i be a bell . even though both simmons and brando be non singer and producer sam goldwyn decide not to dub their vocal and contend that maybe you do not sound so good and but at least it you . despite goldwyn backhand confidence and the pair both do well to carry entire musical number themselves . simmons suggest the same child like liveliness that audrey hepburn might have bring to the role and and brando exudes such self assurance and charisma that it doesn not matter that his sing voice isn not quite there .