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For all its annoyances -- and there are many -- the film somehow sears its way into the mind's eye.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Bye Bye Birdie
The Most WONDERFUL Entertainment EVER! EVER!
1963 · 1h 52m · Approved
Comedy, Music
Directed by
George Sidney
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Bye Bye Birdie
Overview
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.
Director and cast
- George Sidney Director
- Janet Leigh as Rosie DeLeon
- Dick Van Dyke as Albert F. Peterson
- Ann-Margret as Kim McAfee
- Maureen Stapleton as Mama Mae Peterson
- Bobby Rydell as Hugo Peabody
- Jesse Pearson as Conrad Birdie
- Paul Lynde as Harry McAfee
- Mary LaRoche as Doris McAfee
- Michael Evans as Claude Paisley
- Robert Paige as Bob Precht
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