His complaint? The door is shut. But the most famous changes the film makes are, surprise surprise, to the ending. The book is narrated by an unnamed — probably gay — writer, and forms a melancholic look back at a captivating girl he once knew, who fled New York after being implicated in a drugs bust.
The film, however, makes him a heterosexual Hollywood hero, the romantic lead who eventually persuades the tearaway young girl to settle down and embrace love. For balance, Paul is also a kept man — his interior decorator an older woman leaves him cash after their romantic trysts, ostensibly supporting his writing career — making him and Holly an equivalent pair of misfits, who need to shun their foolish youthful ways.
Paul George Peppard is also a kept man — his interior decorator an older woman leaves him cash after their romantic trysts Credit: Alamy. She keeps on going lightly over the world, even if the need to keep reinventing herself starts to look more like a heavy burden.
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Film Theatre. Yunioshi Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Don Anderson Bartender uncredited Al Avalon Spieler at Stripjoint uncredited Janet Banzet Woman uncredited Henry Barnard Party Guest uncredited Henry Beckman Narcotics Detective Cronberger uncredited Arthur Berkeley Inmate uncredited Nicky Blair Party Guest uncredited Mel Blanc Holly's Drunk Visitor voice uncredited Willie Bloom Inmate uncredited Bill Bradley Reporter uncredited Thayer Burton Girl in Shower uncredited Florine Carlan Party Guest uncredited Sue Casey Party Guest uncredited Marian Collier Party Guest uncredited Christine Corbin Cab Driver uncredited Tom Curtis Party Guest uncredited Tommy Farrell Party Guest uncredited James Field Party Guest uncredited George Fields Harmonica Player uncredited Joseph Glick Inmate uncredited Joe Gray Party Guest uncredited Joseph J.
O'Shaunessy uncredited Sam Harris Jewelry Shop Clerk uncredited Pete Kellett Guard uncredited Barbara Kelley Party Guest uncredited Kip King Delivery Boy uncredited Frank Kreig Party Guest uncredited Gil Lamb Party Guest uncredited James Lanphier The Cousin uncredited Mary LeBow Party Guest uncredited Paul Lees Floorwalker uncredited Leatrice Leigh Telephone Operator uncredited Mel Leonard Cab Driver uncredited Leota Lorraine Party Guest uncredited Mike Mahoney Police Desk Sergeant uncredited Frank Marth Party Guest uncredited Fay McKenzie Jewelry Shop Clerk uncredited Joyce Meadows Strip Club Patron uncredited Harold Miller Jewelry Shop Customer uncredited Hollis Morrison Party Guest uncredited Kate Murtagh After meeting her new neighbor, Paul Varjak, she insists on calling him Fred because he looks like her brother Fred who is in the army.
That night, when Holly goes out onto the fire escape to elude an over-eager date, she peeks into Paul's apartment and sees Tooley leaving money and kissing him goodbye. Salvatore "Sally" Tomato is a mob boss incarcerated at Sing Sing prison on racketeering charges.
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