Distributor :		Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1954 - 108 minutes)
Producers :		Arthur Freed, Roger Edens
Director :		Vincente Minnelli
Writer :		Alan Jay Lerner
Composer :		Frederick Loewe
Cast :
Gene Kelly Tommy Albright Van Johnson Jeff Douglas Cyd Charisse Fiona Campbell Elaine Stewart Jane Ashton Barry Jones Mr. Lundie Hugh Laing Harry Beaton Albert Sharpe Andrew Campbell Virginia Bosler Jean Campbell

Plot :

Two American hunters, lost in the highlands of Scotland, stumble upon a small town not listed on any map. The village of Brigadoon, by virtue of a powerful prayer, only awakens for one day out of every hundred years. One of the hunters, Tommy, falls in love with one of the townswomen, Fiona, but is afraid to give up everything he knows ; the other hunter, Jeff, Tommy's hard-drinking friend, dismisses the legend and indeed the existence of Brigadoon as a result of delirium tremens. During the wedding ceremony of Fiona's sister Jean, one of the townsmen, Harry Beaton, who is in love with the bride, threatens to leave Brigadoon, an act that would spell doom for its residents. When this crisis has passed, Tommy is persuaded against his better judgment to escape Brigadoon himself and return to his own fiancee. Back in New York, Tommy cannot forget Fiona. He returns to Scotland, where his love is so strong that he calls Brigadoon back from the mists so he can join Fiona.

	Meg Brockie : Jeff Douglas :	We do not have enough lads in Brigadoon. Enough for everybody else, or enough for you ?
	Jeff Douglas : Meg Brockie : Jeff Douglas :	Can you think of one good reason why I, a strange man, should be interested in proposing to you, a mighty strange woman and at this hour of the day ? Because you're a lad and I'm a lass ! Well, with that philosophy you must have had a provocative career !
	[In a crowded bar.] Tommy Albright : Jeff Douglas :	It's hot in here. It's not the heat, it's the humanity.
	Jeff Douglas : Bartender : Jeff Douglas :	Frank, put it on the bill. The bill, sir, is very high. So am I !
	Tommy Albright :	Why do you have to lose something to find out what it really means ?

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