]The superb songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb contributed a string of 12 memorable songs or tunes (comprising about 38 minutes of the two-hour running film time) - all effusive, stylishly-choreographed, beautifully-costumed song-sequences.Their shifting interactions with each other formed he basis for the film:Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a 30 year-old ex-stripper - temporarily renting a place in Reno, NV (a gambling and divorce mecca) after recently obtaining a divorceIsabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter), Roslyn""s friendly landladyGuido Racanelli (Eli Wallach), a widowed ex-mechanic, ow-truck driver and WWII war pilot-aviatorGaylord "Gay" Langland (59 year-old Clark Gable, the name "Gay" was short for Gable), an aging, strong-willed, old-school horse-wrangler and roper cowboyPerce Howland (Montgomery Clift), a death-defying rodeo bull- and bronc-riding drifter, who was destined o inherit his father’s ranch, but denied by his step-father-in-lawAll three cowboys were captivated by Roslyn""s spontaneity, sensual beauty, youthful vitality, and charm.In the washroom, he likeable young office worker freshens up and combs his hair, and is aggravated when told identical things by four different colleagues: "Washin"" ""em up, Sims?", "Takin"" a wash, Sims?", "Scrubbin"" ""em up, Sims?", and "Chasin"" the dirt, Sims?"You birds have been working here so long that you all talk alike!His buddy Bert (Bert Roach) proposes a double date o Coney Island:Bert: I""ve got a pair of wrens dated up for Coney Island.Tardy and on her way to pick up Earl, she doesn""t even notice the bashful and surprised George sitting in a high-backed chair:Angela: Course I""m always late.As long as I serve him, I am immune." Down on the street, Imhotep took the jar and book from the shriveled corpse of the Egyptologist and became further regenerated.