this be a frank loesser masterpiece of amuse lyric and competent theme and solid construction by those who adapt damon runyon material to the musical book . what be surprise about the film be how seamlessly the musical number flow from the storyline . abe burrow do the book with contribution from loesser while michael kidd be the choreographer and and the outstanding art direction be contribute by joseph wright . the storyline can be tell in two sentence . nathan detroit and play by frank sinatra and need cash to finance his permanent float crap game to amuse big julie and a chicago mob bos . he bet odds player sky masterson and well present by marlon brando and that he can not get a salvation army girl to go to havana with him while masterson win the bet and save the mission and fall in love with the girl and get the gambler and riffraff at the crap game to attend a service and and tell everybody the lady be impervious to his charm a complete lie . of course he end up with the lady while and detroit marries hi long suffer fiancée and vivian blaine . others in the cast include stubby kaye and johnny silver and robert keith and b. s. pulley a big julie the mobster and sheldon leonard and regis toomey and mary alan kokanson and kathryn givney a the salvation army leader and veda ann borg and jean simmons a the tepid salvation army girl and sarah brown . the famous musical number in this award win broadway smash include fugue for tinhorns and guy and doll and luck be a lady and i will know and a person could develop a cold and and the old establish permnanet float crap game in new york . joseph l. mankiewicz of cleopatra and letter to three wife fame direct the proceeding while and the flow of the work be very interestingly and successfully keep move . he be equally adept at get fine dialogue acting and direct such huge number a luck be lady and the varied and challenge brawl section and the havana a woman in love section create for the film that precede it and the presenting of the title song guy and doll and pet me and poppa set in the club where blaine work . the acting be very uneven . simmons seem wrong for the part at time and brando get by with the singing and be very good much of the time on instinct and charm and underplaying and even in the comedy . scene . sinatra try hard but be wrong for the role for several reason a nathan detroit while blaine be a bit too theatrical in sell her number and which she of course sings professionally . leonard and toomey and kaye and keith and pulley do what be ask and more at all point . the stylized opening and closing be make to work well while all in all and this film be a triumph for loesser amiable and subtle lyric and for director mankiewicz a ringmaster and and for the genre of musical itself and so ably justify in this instance . delightful and very different .