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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%. Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 246 1940s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
213 audience votes
Key crew
- Preston SturgesScreenplay
- Preston SturgesDirector
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claudette ColbertGeraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers
- Joel McCreaTom Jeffers
- Mary AstorThe Princess Centimillia
- Rudy ValleeJohn D. Hackensacker III
- Sig ArnoToto
- Robert WarwickMr. Hinch
- Arthur Stuart HullMr. Osmond
- Torben MeyerDr. Kluck
- Jimmy ConlinMr. Asweld
- Victor PotelMr. McKeewie
- William DemarestFirst Member Ale and Quail Club
- Jack NortonSecond Member Ale and Quail Club
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Themes
floridaairportmarriagelovemoneytraindivorcescrewball comedypalm beach, floridacomedy of remarriage