Guys and Dolls is a 1955 English-language Comedy Crime film written by Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, Damon Runyon, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Ben Hecht. The movie is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Samuel Goldwyn under the banner of Samuel Goldwyn Productions. In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game. Guys and dolls features Marlon Brando in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye and B.s. Pully. The screenplay is written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Ben Hecht which is inspired from Guys and Dolls by Abe Burrows Jo Swerling Frank Loesser Damon Runyon. The music was composed by Frank Loesser. Cinematography was done by Harry Stradling and editing by Daniel Mandell. The motion picture has a running time of 150 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Guys and Dolls was made on a budget of $5 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $20 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.