Top billed cast

1. 

   Dick Powell

   Jimmy McDonald

2. 

   Ellen Drew

   Betsy Casey

3. 

   Raymond Walburn

   Dr. Maxford

4. 

   Alexander Carr

   Mr. Shindel

5. 

   William Demarest

   Mr. Bildocker

6. 

   Ernest Truex

   Mr. Baxter

7. 

   Franklin Pangborn

   Don Hartman - Radio Announcer

8. 

   Rod Cameron

   Dick

9. 

   Adrian Morris

   Tom

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2018-12-23

Smarter than you may at first think.

On the surface this effort from the brilliant Preston Sturges looks like a standard sugar coated feel good movie, but strip away the outer skin and you get a delightful collage of comedy, romance, satire, drama, and nudge nudge observations about hunger of wealth and all the spin offs that wealth creates.

I don't deem it unfair to state that the films core plot of frivolity may not be to everyone's taste, but to me personally it ticks all the boxes for a joyride with more at its heart. The pace of the film is more in keeping with screwball comedies of...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• department store
• telegram
• coffee
• marketing
• contest
• advertising
• advertising agency
• tricked
• advertising campaign
• radio show contest
• advertising slogan