Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.
Directed by George Cukor
Starring Judy Holliday, Peter Lawford, Jack Lemmon, Michael O'Shea, Vaughn Taylor, Connie Gilchrist, Walter Klavun, Whit Bissell
Released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 18 February 1954.
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Release dates in the United Kingdom
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18 February 1954
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First cinema release anywhere
15 January 1954 (the United States)
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