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User Rating:
8.0/10   1,522 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Robert Russell (story) and
Frank Ross (story) ...
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Release Date:
23 October 1943 (Sweden) more
Genre:
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
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
Oscar Podcast 2.2, Golden Globe Nominations
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Rotten: 'X Factor is mug's paradise'
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A classic war romantic comedy more (39 total)

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sam Ash ... Committee Member (uncredited)
Don Barclay ... Drunk (uncredited)
Betzi Beaton ... Miss Finch (uncredited)
Hank Bell ... Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)
Gladys Blake ... Barmaid (uncredited)
Jack Carr ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Chester Clute ... Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Lew Davis ... Man entering elevator (uncredited)
Ann Doran ... Miss Bilby (uncredited)
Donald Douglas ... FBI Agent Harding (uncredited)
Sugar Geise ... Dancer (uncredited)
Hal Gerard ... Second Statistician (uncredited)
Nancy Gray ... Miss Chasen (uncredited)
Harrison Greene ... Texan / Apartment Seeker (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Helen Holmes ... Dumpy Woman (uncredited)
Mike Lally ... Man leaving elevator (uncredited)
Frank LaRue ... Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
Kay Linaker ... Miss Allen (uncredited)
Eric Mayne ... Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)
Betty McMahon ... Miss Geeskin (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson ... Girl (uncredited)
Lon Poff ... Sleeper (uncredited)
Hal Price ... Bathing Man (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore ... Washington Sun Reporter (uncredited)
Marshall Ruth ... Fat Statistician (uncredited)
Ann Savage ... Miss Dalton (uncredited)
Byron Shores ... Air Corps Maj. Denton (uncredited)
Grady Sutton ... Diner Counterman (uncredited)
David Ward ... Waiter (uncredited)
Douglas Wood ... Senator in Taxi (uncredited)
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Directed by
George Stevens 
 
Writing credits
Robert Russell (story) and
Frank Ross (story)

Robert Russell (screenplay) &
Frank Ross (screenplay) and
Richard Flournoy (screenplay) &
Lewis R. Foster (screenplay)

Garson Kanin  uncredited

Produced by
Fred Guiol .... associate producer
George Stevens .... producer
 
Original Music by
Leigh Harline 
 
Cinematography by
Ted Tetzlaff 
 
Film Editing by
Otto Meyer 
 
Art Direction by
Lionel Banks 
Rudolph Sternad 
 
Set Decoration by
Fay Babcock 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Budd Boetticher .... assistant director
Norman Deming .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Lodge Cunningham .... sound
 
Music Department
Morris Stoloff .... musical director (as M.W. Stoloff)
Sidney Cutner .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

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

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The unusual little car Connie's friends drive is a Fiat Topolino convertible. 'Topolino' means 'little mouse' in Italian. 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
Quotes:
[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:
What Is This Thing Called Love? more

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14 out of 14 people found the following review useful.
A classic war romantic comedy, 19 June 2001
10/10
Author: (timmauk@hotmail.com) from st. pete, fl usa

This film showed how crowded our nation's capital was during the war. Everyone was there trying to sell their ideas or find ways to improve our war effort. Due to this overcrowding, citizens of Washington DC were asked to be hospitable and let people stay with them. This is where this film gets the idea for this confusing, frustrating and romantic tale.

Picture pretty little Connie(Jean Arthur) living in the fair city of Washington DC. A hard working girl who lives in an apartment by herself. To be patriotic, she decides to rent out her other bedroom. She didn't figure her future roomie would be a male. Now picture Mr. Dingle(Charles Coburn) is a big wig who has come to town to meet with Washington's big wigs. Good golly, his hotel room has been given away and he can not find another place to stay. Guess where he ends up?? Poor Connie.

Now picture young handsome Joseph Carter. Coming to town to show his ideas to improve our flying fleet. He can't find a place either. He runs into our friend Mr. Dingle. Mr. Dingle has a grand idea. Now guess where he is going to stay. Poor poor Connie.

Our dear Connie has a boyfriend who she has been dating, FOREVER!! A Mr. Charles J Pendergast(Richard Gaines). Stuffy, by-the-book, close minded bore. Oh my, he won't like this situation one bit. Poor, poor,...well you get the idea.

This film is a scream. A great script, great direction, and great acting. A great look back into life during the war and wonderful romantic story. Not to mention Jean Arthur's and Charles Coburn's best performances ever.

A classic romantic comedy. You just have to see this!!!





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