Synopsis
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down. As revenge, Bottomley enters a TV quiz show that Waters' company sponsors, with the goal of winning until he bankrupts the businessman. When Bottomley keeps acing the questions, becoming a media sensation, Waters desperately calls on vixen Flame O'Neal to uncover Bottomley's area of weakness.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard WhorfDirector
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
- Hans JacobyScreenplay
- Frederick BradyScreenplay
Cast
- Ronald ColmanBeauregard Bottomley
- Celeste HolmFlame O'Neill
- Vincent PriceBurnbridge Waters
- Barbara BrittonGwenn Bottomley
- Art LinkletterHappy Hogan
- Gabriel HeatterAnnouncer
- George FisherAnnouncer
- Byron FoulgerGerald
- Ellye MarshallFrosty
- Vici RaafWaters' Secretary
- John EldredgeExecutive No. 1
- Lyle TalbotExecutive No. 2
Stills
Themes
parrotencyclopediaquizrevengephysicistlos angeles, california