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19/01/1940 1h 23m
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Here's the season's happiest comedy hit! The fun's uproarious...the romance too frantic for words!

Overview

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to get her married off.

  1. Roy Del Ruth

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Joel McCrea

    T.H. Randall

  2. Nancy Kelly

    Valerie

  3. Mary Boland

    Ethel

  4. Cesar Romero

    Freddie

  5. Roland Young

    Bill Carter

  6. Mary Healy

    Doris

  7. Lyle Talbot

    Paul Hunter

  8. Elisha Cook Jr.

    Dicky Brown

  9. Barnett Parker

    Huggins

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-01-10
This might have played out better had there not been a glaring inevitability to the denouement right from the start! Racehorse owner "Randall" (Joel McCrea) and ex-wife "Valerie" (Nancy Kelly) are having a dance when the cops show up and arrest him for non-payment of alimony. It's only a short term glitch, but sets the scene for a film that sees him desperate for her to marry again and get her hands out of his wallet! To that end he has the support of his lawyer "Carter" (Roland Young) and to be fair to "Valerie", she has no shortage of suitors. The more they try to fix her up, though, the mor...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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