The Fantasticks

Top 6 Billed Cast

Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalban

El Gallo

Stanley Holloway
Stanley Holloway

Amos Babcock Bellamy

Bert Lahr
Bert Lahr

Ben Hucklebee

Susan Watson
Susan Watson

Luisa Bellamy

John Davidson
John Davidson

Matt Hucklebee

Lee Vines
Lee Vines

Announcer (uncredited)

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    Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos’ daughter, Luisa, and Ben’s son, Matt, by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers’ interference. As the two youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the "feud" by hiring a traveling showman to fake an abduction and allow Matt to "rescue" Luisa.

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    1964-10-17

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