Bell, Book and Candle is a romantic comedy directed by Richard Quine, based on the hit Broadway play by John Van Druten, and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak in their second on-screen pairing . The film, adapted by Daniel Taradash, was Stewart's last film as a romantic lead. Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn allowed Novak to appear in Vertigo in exchange for Stewart appearing in this film with Novak. The supporting cast includes Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs. Fans of the film point to similarities between it and the earlier I Married A Witch and especially the 1960s television series... Bewitched , speculating that this film may have been an inspiration. The original 1950 play starred Rex Harrison, his then wife Lilli Palmer, Jean Adair, and Larry Gates. The film opens during the Christmas holiday season. Greenwich Village witch Gillian Holroyd , a free spirit with a penchant for going barefoot, has been unlucky in love and restless in life.
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| Release date: | December 25, 1958 |
| Directed by: | Richard Quine |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Julian Blaustein |
| Music by: | George Duning |
| Screenplay by: | Daniel Taradash |
| Genre: | Comedy, Fantasy |