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Preston Sturges (writer)
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19 January 1944 (USA)
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A Scanda-Laugh Fest!
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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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For the boys
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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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The character Gov. McGinty is Dan McGinty, from the earlier film by Preston Sturges, The Great McGinty (1940). Brian Donlevy played the character in both films. Akim Tamiroff also appears as "The Boss," reprising his role from the earlier film.
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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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Mr. Johnson:
I don't deal with spooks. She doesn't need a lawyer, she needs a Medium.
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Preston Sturges was one of the most interesting directors and screen writers working in the Hollywood of the thirties and forties. His incredible look at a small town USA during WWII is the basis for this delightful comedy. Mr. Sturges was a man ahead of his times. It's incredible how he was able to get this film approved for release by the Hays Code. Mr. Sturges direction was impeccable. It is easy to see how in most of his films he keeps showing a lot of the same faces, as it's evident the actors loved the quick tempo he gives to the movie.
Betty Hutton was an incredible appealing Trudy. She shows us a young woman, who in spite of what happens to her, keeps trying to make her situation right by drawing the nerdy Norval into her side to correct what she has done. Ms. Hutton projected such a luminous presence as she demonstrates with her take of Trudy, the girl next door type, who finds out how a reckless moment of pleasure comes to haunt her. After all, Trudy only wanted to do the best for the boys going to a war where most of them wouldn't come back alive.
Eddie Bracken was given one of the best opportunities of his career to play the kind hearted Norval. He is willing to break the law in order to make Trudy happy, after realizing she clearly doesn't care for him. This actor was an accomplished comedian with a great sense of timing, as he shows, for our amusement, in this picture.
The supporting cast is great. William Demarest, who played in a lot of Mr. Sturges' films, is seen as Trudy's father, the nutty Constable Kockenlocker. Diana Lynn is immensely appealing as the young sister Emmy, an intelligent girl who is more mature than the happy go lucky Trudy. Brian Donlevy is seen briefly as the governor and Akim Tamiroff plays a minor part.
Preston Sturges was a man that had an understanding about the times in which he lived. This comedy, as well as most of his other films, is a testament to his vision of America during those years. His films were a way of commenting about what was wrong with the American society during those years. Mr. Sturges' films made him the toast of Hollywood. That is why it's ironic how soon the same industry he helped elevate artistically, forgot him after his comedies fell out of favor with the public.
This movie is a classic and the proof is in the way audiences are still moved and amused watching them after more than sixty years since they made their debut.