Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

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Cast

Judy Holliday

Ella Peterson

Dean Martin

Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark

Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.

J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton

Sue

Dort Clark

Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin

Blake Barton

Valerie Allen

Olga

Gerry Mulligan

Ella's Blind Date

Lela Bliss

Party Guest (uncredited)

Donna Douglas

Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)