5.1
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.
Joel McCrea
T.H. Randall
Nancy Kelly
Valerie
Mary Boland
Ethel
Cesar Romero
Freddie
Roland Young
Bill Carter
Mary Healy
Doris
Lyle Talbot
Paul Hunter
Elisha Cook Jr.
Dicky Brown
Barnett Parker
Huggins
Harry Hayden
Prisoner
Charles C. Wilson
Warden
Charles D. Brown
Detective
Spencer Charters
Mayer
William Edmunds
Waiter
Leyland Hodgson
Waiter
Brooks Benedict
Nightclub Patron
James Carlisle
Spectator with Binoculars
James Conaty
Nightclub Patron
Eddie Dunn
The Jailer
David Durand
Usher
Sam Hayes
Racetrack Announcer
Harold Miller
Diner at Racetrack Lounge
Bert Moorhouse
Nightclub Patron
Hattie Noel
Sarah - Valerie's Maid
Mel Ruick
Orchestra Leader
Larry Steers
Nightclub Patron
Amzie Strickland
Nightclub Patron
Allen Wood
Jimmy - the Busboy
Leonard Kibrick
Messenger Boy
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Screenplay
Sam Hellman
Screenplay
John O'Hara
Screenplay
Darrell Ware
Screenplay
Lynn Starling
Story
Scott Darling
Story
Erna Lazarus
January 10, 2024
5
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 more things seem to go wrong with their (not so) cunning plans. "Freddie" (Cesar Romero) and "Paul" (Lyle Talbot) seem to be the front runners as we head into the home straight and that's where predicability swoops in and well, there you have it. For much of this, Kelly reminded me of Barbara Stanwyck but if only. She rather meanders through the film adding little by way of chemistry with any of her would-be beaus while McCrea just doesn't come across as if he's enjoying one bit of this lightly comedic affair. It's a fun premiss but executed indifferently.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00