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Overview

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8.0/10   1,354 votes
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Director:
George Stevens
Writers:
Robert Russell (story) and
Frank Ross (story) ...
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Release Date:
23 October 1943 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
Home is where you hang your guests! more
Plot:
During the WW2 housing shortage in Washington, two men and a woman share a single apartment and the older man plays Cupid to the other two. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Wonderful, endearing romantic comedy more

Cast

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Jean Arthur ... Constance 'Connie' Milligan
Joel McCrea ... Joe Carter
Charles Coburn ... Benjamin Dingle
Richard Gaines ... Charles J. Pendergast
Bruce Bennett ... FBI Agent Evans
Frank Sully ... FBI Agent Pike
Clyde Fillmore ... Sen. Noonan
Stanley Clements ... Morton Rodakiewicz
Jean Stevens ... Dancer (as Peggy Carroll)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Merry-Go-Round (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Final film of Helen Holmes. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mr. Carter goes to take a shower after Miss Milligan returns home from work, he is shown wearing a bathrobe, socks and slippers. As he enters the bathroom, he removes his bathrobe, and then gets into the shower. But is he still wearing his socks? He must be, because he isn't shown taking them off. more
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[first lines]
Narrator: Our vagabond camera takes us to beautiful Washington, D.C., the national capital of our United States, situated on the broad banks of the Potomac River. Living is pleasant and leisurely... for it is a city of formality and custom. Manners and courtesy are responsible for the well-ordered conduct of its daily affairs...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in I Know Who Killed Me (2007) more
Soundtrack:
The Torpedo Song more

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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Wonderful, endearing romantic comedy, 28 July 1999
9/10
Author: FANatic-10 from Las Vegas, NV

I truly love this wonderful,endearing romantic comedy from Hollywood's golden age. It has a unique setting - Washington D.C. during the housing shortage caused by World War II, and gets great comic mileage out of the various problems caused by the situation. George Stevens handles it all superbly, but what you remember most are the three charming leads. Charles Coburn justifiedly won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his scene-stealing panache as the elderly Cupid who helps steer Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea towards love. McCrea was an unsung but marvelously effective leading man in the 30's and 40's - rather like Jeff Bridges has been in his career. He's very fine here, and also in the movies he made for Preston Sturges. And Jean Arthur is at her very best - another great who doesn't get enough respect nowadays. Its difficult not to fall in love with her in this film - even if you were blind, her voice alone would knock you off your feet! Its ridiculous that this was her only oscar nomination-but then she, along with Carole Lombard and Irene Dunne were Hollywood's screwball comedy queens, and Hollywood was too busy rewarding the likes of Greer Garson and Luise Rainer.

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