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Director:
Writer:
Preston Sturges (writer)
Release Date:
19 January 1944 (USA)
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A Scanda-Laugh Fest!
Plot:
After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 1 win
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Celebrate Veteran’s Day with a War Movie Overload
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Best comedy produced during WWII?
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Eddie Bracken | ... | Norval Jones |
 | Betty Hutton | ... | Trudy Kockenlocker |
| Diana Lynn | ... | Emmy Kockenlocker |
| William Demarest | ... | Constable Edmund Kockenlocker |
| Porter Hall | ... | Justice of the Peace |
| Emory Parnell | ... | Mr. Tuerck |
| Al Bridge | ... | Mr. Johnson (as Alan Bridge) |
| Julius Tannen | ... | Mr. Rafferty |
| Victor Potel | ... | Newspaper editor |
 | Brian Donlevy | ... | Governor McGinty (as McGinty) |
| Akim Tamiroff | ... | The Boss |
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98 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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When the film was released, it was such a huge hit, it was literally standing room only for many performances.
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Continuity: When Norval and Mr. Kockenlocker are sitting on the front porch talking, Mr. Kockenlocker is cleaning his gun. He has an automatic pistol, he cocks it to open the chamber for cleaning, and in the next scene he cocks it again.
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Newspaper editor:
There's only one thing more, Mr. Governor - the marriage!
Gov. McGinty: What's the matter with the marriage? She's married to Norval Jones, she always has been! The guy married them, didn't he? The boy signed his right name, didn't he?
Newspaper editor: But he gave his name as Ratzkywatzky!
Gov. McGinty: He was trying to say Jones, he stuttered!
The Boss: What are you looking for, a needle from a haystack?
Newspaper editor: Then how about the first Ratzkywatzky?
Gov. McGinty: He's annulled!
The Boss: Shnook!
Newspaper editor: Who annulled?
Gov. McGinty: The judge, who do you suppose?
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Gov. McGinty: What's the matter with the marriage? She's married to Norval Jones, she always has been! The guy married them, didn't he? The boy signed his right name, didn't he?
Newspaper editor: But he gave his name as Ratzkywatzky!
Gov. McGinty: He was trying to say Jones, he stuttered!
The Boss: What are you looking for, a needle from a haystack?
Newspaper editor: Then how about the first Ratzkywatzky?
Gov. McGinty: He's annulled!
The Boss: Shnook!
Newspaper editor: Who annulled?
Gov. McGinty: The judge, who do you suppose?
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References Road to Morocco (1942)
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This movie may be the best comedy produced during World War II, especially in reference to the timing and the language related to the humorous treatment of a serious subject. Eddie Bracken is superb as Norval Jones, and delivers lines in a rapid-fire fashion that intensifes the satire. Betty Hutton as Trudy Kockenlocker is the perfect foil for Norval. Where Norval is witty, Trudy is coy. Norval anticipates problems, Trudy is expedient. Norval is so nervous that he sees "black spots" when agitated, Trudy is calm--though in trouble. And the constant conflict between Emmy (Diana Lynn) and Constable Kockenlocker(William Demarest) is typical of a wisecracking teen and an overly protective widower. There is hardly a funnier scene in movies than the marriage ceremony for Trudy and Norval. The humor in the whole movie seems to improve with each subsequent viewing.