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Dick Richmond (William Holden, Sunset Boulevard) is a sharp bookmaker whose unproductive real estate office is a cover for his gambling operation. Unaware of his real line of work, eager but incompetent Ellen Grant (Lucille Ball, TV's "I Love Lucy") signs on as Dick's secretary and, anxious to make a name for herself—and to help family and friends—presses him into a building project to ease the post-war housing shortage. Dick siphons the cash from unsuspecting homebuyers to pay his debts to a big-time syndicate, leaving his ditzy secretary charged with embezzlement. When the lovely head of the syndicate, Peggy Donato (Janis Carter, Night Editor), offers to tear up his marker in exchange for romance, Dick must choose between the easy, grifting lifestyle or saving his secretary's hide! Newly remastered.
Original Release
09/20/1949
US Release
09/20/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lucille Ball | Ellen Grant |
William Holden | Dick Richmond |
Janis Carter | Peggy Donato |
James Gleason | Timothy P. Gleason / Timothy Gleason |
Gloria Henry | Helen White |
Frank McHugh | Mr. Kilcoyne / Kilcoyne |
George Cleveland | Judge Ben Grant / Judge Grant |
Stephen Dunne | Ralph Winton |
Eddie Acuff | Bus Driver |
George Boyce | Prospective Home Buyer |
Directors
Writers
Nat Perrin, Devery Freeman, Frank Tashlin, Everett Freeman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lucille Ball | Ellen Grant |
William Holden | Dick Richmond |
Janis Carter | Peggy Donato |
James Gleason | Timothy P. Gleason / Timothy Gleason |
Gloria Henry | Helen White |
Frank McHugh | Mr. Kilcoyne / Kilcoyne |
George Cleveland | Judge Ben Grant / Judge Grant |
Stephen Dunne | Ralph Winton |
Eddie Acuff | Bus Driver |
George Boyce | Prospective Home Buyer |
Peter Brocco | Father of Triplets |
Wanda Cantlon | Peggy's Maid |
Harry Cheshire | Leo Hopkins |
Michael Cisney | Lawyer |
Cliff Clark | Construction Materials Contractor |
Walter Craig | Minor Role |
Sayre Dearing | Man in Courtroom |
Kay Garrett | Nightclub Patron |
Rudy Germane | Prospective Home Buyer |
Bret Hamilton | Minor Role |
Producers
Name | Role |
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S. Sylvan Simon | Producer |