<P> Alice's father, the Reverend Alcott, asks the women whose baby he had heard . They all decide, simultaneously, to claim the baby as their own . This misinformation gives the women and the brothers their wish: the townspeople, including the girls' fathers, insist that all six couples marry at once in a shotgun wedding, performed by the parson while Adam and Milly watch and the fathers stand behind their daughters' grooms, shotguns over their arms . </P> <P> The Brothers and their Brides: </P> <Ul> <Li> Howard Keel as Adam and Jane Powell as Milly </Li> <Li> Jeff Richards as Benjamin and Julie Newmar (Newmeyer) as Dorcas </Li> <Li> Matt Mattox as Caleb and Ruta Lee (Kilmonis) as Ruth </Li> <Li> Marc Platt as Daniel and Norma Doggett as Martha </Li> <Li> Jacques d'Amboise as Ephraim and Virginia Gibson as Liza </Li> <Li> Tommy Rall as Frank and Betty Carr as Sarah </Li> <Li> Russ Tamblyn as Gideon and Nancy Kilgas as Alice </Li> </Ul> <Li> Howard Keel as Adam and Jane Powell as Milly </Li>

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