Gaily, Gaily

(1969)

★ 4.3 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1969

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast: Бо Бриджес, Мелина Меркури, Brian Keith, Джордж Кеннеди, Хьюм Кронин, Margot Kidder, Roy Poole, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Melodie Johnson, John Randolph

Plot

After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.