The Girl Most Likely 1958

Dodie longs to marry a millionaire and live ‘the life.’ She first accepts a proposal from her boyfriend Buzz, a modest housing‑development salesman. She then meets Pete, thinking he’s rich, only to learn he’s a boat mechanic; he also proposes and she says yes. She later dates Neil Patterson, sails with him to Mexico, enjoys his lifestyle and accepts his proposal, leaving her to choose among the three.

Dodie longs to marry a millionaire and live ‘the life.’ She first accepts a proposal from her boyfriend Buzz, a modest housing‑development salesman. She then meets Pete, thinking he’s rich, only to learn he’s a boat mechanic; he also proposes and she says yes. She later dates Neil Patterson, sails with him to Mexico, enjoys his lifestyle and accepts his proposal, leaving her to choose among the three.

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Dodie, Jane Powell, lives with her mother, Una Merkel, and her father, Frank Cady, in California near the ocean, and she dreams of marrying a millionaire. Her boyfriend Buzz, Tommy Noonan, is a real-estate agent of modest means. She accepts his proposal but tells her friend Marge, Kaye Ballard, that she has doubts.

A yacht arrives, owned by wealthy Neil Patterson, Keith Andes, which gets Dodie’s fantasies going. Dodie leaps into the water and swims to meet him. Asked on a date, Dodie is thrilled until she learns that the man isn’t Neil at all but Pete, Cliff Robertson, a poor mechanic.

It isn’t long before Pete is smitten and proposes. He also infuriates Buzz by pretending to buy a house and bringing Dodie along as his fiancée.

A drunk Neil has an accidental meeting with Dodie and invites her onto the yacht. At first, she’s annoyed by his advances, but in Tijuana, she gets tipsy and has a great time. Neil is the rich suitor of her dreams, one who even buys a taxi rather than just hailing a ride from one.

After being out till 4 a.m., Dodie is brought home by Neil, only to find Buzz and Pete impatiently waiting on her doorstep. Asking time to sleep on a decision, Dodie tells them the next morning that she has made her choice: Neil.

The guys reluctantly accept, and Dodie goes off with her new betrothed. But the minute Pete kisses her goodbye, she promptly changes her mind.

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