The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.
Linda Darnell
Evelyn Walsh Warren
Stephen McNally
Matt Bradock
Gigi Perreau
Diane Braddock
Virginia Field
Kay Stoddard
Ann Codee
Marie
Nestor Paiva
Manuel
Katherine Warren
Bessie Howell
James Griffith
Ronald
John Doucette
Taxi Driver
Lynne Hunter
Minnie
Billy Wayne
Croupier
William Newell
Bartender (as Billy Newell)
Paul McVey
Speaker
Tris Coffin
Carl
Judd Holdren
Face
Nolan Leary
Doctor
Ric Roman
Ricky
Director
Douglas Sirk
Writer
Albert J. Cohen
Writer
Frank Gill Jr.
September 7, 2022
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Linda Darnell is "Evelyn", the newly awarded "Teacher of the Year" but a woman who isn't actually that mad keen on children (a gal after my own heart). Anyway, after her award luncheon, she and a colleague - who has a "system" - head to a local casino where she manages, very quickly, to end up $7,000 in the hole. Taken to the owner, she has no way of paying back this mammoth sum so "Matt" (Stephen McNally) presents her with a choice. Either he tells the media all about her gambling habit or she take up residence in his beachside home and try to bring his young daughter "Diana" (Gigi Perreau) out of her shell. Not very impressed with either option, she elects the latter and well, you can guess the rest. Indeed, it does have shades of "Jane Eyre" to it. This is a straightforward comedy drama with engaging, if unremarkable, performances from the two stars. There is enough on-screen chemistry to keep it going for eighty minutes with Perreau quite charming as the increasingly savvy and gently manipulative youngster. If hardly an original scenario, it's still quite an uplifting tale and it moves along nicely with some lovely ocean photography and it passes the time effortlessly enough.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00