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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Judy Holliday as Ella Peterson
Dean Martin as Jeffrey Moss
Fred Clark as Larry Hastings
Eddie Foy Jr. as J. Otto Prantz
Jean Stapleton as Sue
Ruth Storey as Gwynne
Dort Clark as Inspector Barnes
Frank Gorshin as Blake Barton
Ralph Roberts as Francis
Valerie Allen as Olga
Bernie West as Joe Kitchell
Steve Peck as Gangster (uncredited)
Gerry Mulligan as Ella's Blind Date
Jimmy Ames as Bernie
Lela Bliss as Party Guest (uncredited)
Donna Douglas as Party Guest (uncredited)
Oliver Blake as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
Herb Vigran as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
Len Lesser as Charlie Bessemer (uncredited)
Barbara Hines as Party Guest (uncredited)
Marina Koshetz as Mme Grimaldi (uncredited)
Hal Linden as Singer (uncredited)
Titus Moede as Beatnik (uncredited)
Nina Roman as Actress (uncredited)
Maida Severn as (uncredited)
Olan Soule as Nervous Man (uncredited)
Doris Wiss as Actress (uncredited)
Elizabeth Montgomery as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead as Party Guest (uncredited)
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