The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
7 audience votes
Key crew
- Lloyd BaconDirector
- Sam SpewackScreenplay
- Bella SpewackScreenplay
Cast
- James CagneyRobert Law
- Pat O'BrienJ. Carlyle 'J.C.' Benson
- Marie WilsonMrs. Susan 'Susie' Seabrook
- Ralph BellamyC. Elliott 'C.F.' Friday
- Frank McHughRossetti
- Dick ForanLarry Toms
- Bruce LesterRodney Bowman
- Ronald ReaganAnnouncer
- Paul ClarkHappy
- Penny SingletonPeggy
- Dennie MooreMiss Crews
- Harry SeymourSong Writer
Stills
Themes
babywaitress