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directed by

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and written by Richard Maibaum and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton,

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and

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. The film was released on March 8, 1940, by

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. It was based on a play by Georg Kaiser which had previously been made into the 1935 German film ''

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'' by Hans Deppe.

Plot

Pet store owner Vern Adams is going to catch a ship to help out his friend John Thomas, however he still has time before it ships, so Vern goes to a nightclub and ends up being arrested for 60 days. When he gets out he finds out that the ship sank and that his family is using the insurance money. Now Vern hides out, so his family is not arrested for fraud.

Cast

* Frank Morgan as Vern Adams * Billie Burke as Cora Adams * Ann Rutherford as Billie Adams * John Shelton as Lanny Shea *

as Hemingway *

as Mortimer Hopkins, Sr. * Nat Pendleton as Roscoe * Frank Albertson as Ernest * Harold Huber as Tony * Hobart Cavanaugh as Ambrose Bundy * Ann Morriss as Myra * Don Castle as 'Spig' * Tom Rutherford as Mortimer Hopkins, Jr. * Renie Riano as Sarah Osborn * Richard Carle as John Reed Thomas

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* * * * 1940 films 1940 comedy films American comedy films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Wilhelm Thiele Films based on works by Georg Kaiser American films based on plays American remakes of German films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Richard Maibaum 1940s American films {{1940s-comedy-film-stub