10 Greatest Ever Musical Movies

Guys and Dolls' 1955 film adaptation was slightly different from many other movie musicals. Where most strive to show off how much creative freedom not having to play to a stage confers, his movie instead exhibits how adapting a musical for the silver screen can instead maintain the integrity of a performance whilst broadening its appeal.

Guys and Dolls strives for accuracy to its Broadway counterpart; its dance numbers were choreographed by the original Broadway choreographer, and the main street set for the early portion of the film looks surprisingly like what you might see on stage.

The plot hasn't been messed around with either: Marlon Brando's Sky Masterson progressively falls in love with the straight-laced Save-A-Soul sister Sarah Brown (played by Jean Simmons) that he took out initially as a bet from his gambling ring-running friend Frank Sinatra (Nathan Detroit).

There might well have been tension on set between the two male leads (Sinatra reportedly coveted the role of high roller Masterson, but Brando was a bigger box office draw for MGM), but it doesn't show whatsoever. Fundamentally, Guys and Dolls' movie adaptation takes the show and makes it more accessible to audiences who wouldn't normally go out to a musical.