BRIGADOON

Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse

Turner/MGM; Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Not Rated; 108 minutes; 1954

Vincente Minnelli ("THE BAND WAGON," "AN AMERICAN IN PARIS") directed this spellbinding Lerner-Lowe musical about a magical Scottish village that appears only once every 100 years. Gene Kelly and Van Johnson play two Americans who stumble upon the village and Cyd Charisse plays the girl Kelly falls for.

 

 

REVIEWS

"Wistful fancy . . . elaborate and handsome decor."

— NEW YORK TIMES