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Overview

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7.9/10   687 votes
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Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Writer:
Preston Sturges (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 January 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Plot:
Just before Christmas, Lee Leander is caught shoplifting. It is her third offense. She is prosecuted by John Sargent... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Noir romantic comedy more
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 246:15 PMTCM   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Barbara Stanwyck ... Lee Leander

Fred MacMurray ... John Sargent
Beulah Bondi ... Mrs. Sargent
Elizabeth Patterson ... Aunt Emma
Willard Robertson ... Francis X. O'Leary
Sterling Holloway ... Willie Simms
Charles Waldron ... Judge in New York
Paul Guilfoyle ... District Attorney
Charles Arnt ... Tom (as Charlie Arnt)
John Wray ... Hank
Thomas W. Ross ... Mr. Emory
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones ... Rufus (as Snowflake)
Tom Kennedy ... 'Fat' Mike
Georgia Caine ... Lee's Mother
Virginia Brissac ... Mrs. Emory
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #5592) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Filmed July-September 1939, and bears a 1939 copyright statement on the title card, even though it was not actually copyrighted until January 1940. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The street sign on the corner of the shop where Stanwyck tries to pawn the stolen bracelet reads "3rd Avenue" and "West 54th Street" in NYC. With 3rd Avenue being east of Fifth Avenue, which divides east from west Manhattan, the street sign should read "East 54th Street." more
Quotes:
Lee Leander: One of these days one of you boys is going to start one of these scenes differently and one of us girls is going to drop dead from surprise. more
Movie Connections:
References Svengali (1931) more
Soundtrack:
Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
Noir romantic comedy, 12 December 1998
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Author: Crabmeat

This is pretty close to a noir romantic comedy. Sturges, in writing, and not directing, has produced a comedy about the romance between a thief and her prosecutor, which is as explicit about exploring dark themes as it is in celebrating typical Hollywood home-town virtues. Fred MacMurray is at once his characters from "The Eggand I" and "Double Indemnity." Barbara Stanwyck is both tough and vulnerable. Wonderful character parts by Beulah Bondi and Sterling Holloway.

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