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Ada (1961)

Ada poster
Directed by
Daniel Mann
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with a questionable past marries a small-town politician and helps him climb the political ladder. They face scandals and corruption along the way.

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What happens

Ada is a 1961 American political drama film produced by Avon Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Daniel Mann and produced by Lawrence Weingarten, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman and William Driskill based on the novel Ada Dallas by Wirt Williams. The film stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ralph Meeker and Martin Balsam. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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