The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 235 1940s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Milton HolmesScreenplay
- H. C. PotterDirector
- Adrian ScottScreenplay
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Cary GrantJoe Adams
- Laraine DayDorothy Bryant
- Charles BickfordHard Swede
- Gladys CooperVeronica Steadman
- Alan CarneyCrunk
- Henry StephensonMr. Bryant
- Paul StewartZepp
- Kay JohnsonMary Ostrander
- Erford GageHenchman
- Walter KingsfordCommissioner Hargraves
- Florence BatesMrs. Van Every
- Sam AshGambler (uncredited)
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Themes
gamblerconswindle