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Cary Grant is hilarious as a successful New York advertising executive who wants to escape the confines of his family's tiny midtown apartment. So he designs his dream home in the suburbs and discovers the project wasn't as easy as it seemed. The house gets larger. The bills get bigger. The problems just won't go away.
Eventually, the whole affair becomes a nightmare—a very funny nightmare—that left audiences laughing in 1948 and will have you in stitches, too.
Directed by H.C. Potter and co-starring Myrna Loy and Melvyn Douglas, this is the comedic masterpiece that inspired the popular 1987 movie The Money Pit.
It's an adventure in homeowning that strikes a familiar chord with everyone who's ever bought a house.
Original Release
03/25/1948
US Release
03/25/1948
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Jim Blandings |
Myrna Loy | Muriel Blandings |
Melvyn Douglas | Bill Cole |
Reginald Denny | Simms / Henry L. Simms |
Sharyn Moffett | Joan Blandings |
Connie Marshall | Betsy Blandings |
Louise Beavers | Gussie |
Ian Wolfe | Smith |
Harry Shannon | Tesander |
Tito Vuolo | Mr. Zucca |
Directors
Writers
Eric Hodgins, Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Jim Blandings |
Myrna Loy | Muriel Blandings |
Melvyn Douglas | Bill Cole |
Reginald Denny | Simms / Henry L. Simms |
Sharyn Moffett | Joan Blandings |
Connie Marshall | Betsy Blandings |
Louise Beavers | Gussie |
Ian Wolfe | Smith |
Harry Shannon | Tesander |
Tito Vuolo | Mr. Zucca |
Nestor Paiva | Joe Apollonio / Joe Appollonio |
Jason Robards Sr. | John Retch / John W. Retch |
Lurene Tuttle | Mary |
Lex Barker | Carpenter Foreman |
Emory Parnell | Mr. PeDelford |
Stanley Andrews | Mr. Murphy |
Robert Bray | Workman |
Don Brodie | Charlie - Painter |
Cliff Clark | Jones |
Kernan Cripps | Policeman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dore Schary | Executive Producer |
Melvin Frank | Producer |
Norman Panama | Producer |