''The Magnificent Rogue'' is a 1946 American

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directed by

Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 – April 7, 1988) was an American film director who was born in Oklahoma City and died in Los Angeles. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was known for an aggressive directing ...

and written by Dane Lussier and Sherman L. Lowe. The film stars Lynne Roberts,

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, Gerald Mohr, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara and Grady Sutton. The film was released on November 7, 1946, by

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. In the film, a married couple operate an

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. The spouses compete over which of them will sign a contract to advertise a specific brand of

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s. The brand's owner is under the impression that the female executive is single and romances her. His current girlfriend is upset about his infidelity.

Plot

While he is away serving in the

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, Steve Morgan's advertising agency is being run by his wife, who goes by her maiden name Pat Brown so clients won't just think of her as the boss's wife. Pat loses a big account and anxiously wants to sign up Smoothies cigarettes, owned by playboy Mark Townley. Steve returns home and wants Pat to quit work. She believes that Townley will sign only with her, so colleague Vera Lane talks them into a wager over which one will succeed. Townley believes that Pat is unmarried and begins romancing her, upsetting burlesque performer Sugar Lee, his girlfriend. Complications arise as Vera secretly schemes to ruin Pat's plans, helping her own advancement in the agency. Steve and Sugar end up together at a nightclub where they are spotted by Pat, who mistakenly believes her husband is cheating on her. Steve gets fed up and decides to leave town, but Sugar is able to convince Pat of the truth. The couple reunites as they leave together on the train.

Cast

* Lynne Roberts as Pat Brown Morgan *

as Steve Morgan * Gerald Mohr as Mark Townley * Stephanie Bachelor as Vera Lane * Adele Mara as Sugar Lee * Grady Sutton as George Sheffield *Donia Bussey as Mrs. Sheffield * Ruth Lee as Lita Andrews * Charles Coleman as Jefferson O'Neal *

Dorothy Christy Dorothy Christy (born Dorothea J. Seltzer, later Dorothy Rucker; May 26, 1906 – May 21, 1977) was an American actress. She was sometimes billed as Dorothy Christie. Early years Christy was born Dorothea J. Seltzer on May 26, 1906, in Readin ...

as Clerk

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* 1946 films 1940s English-language films American comedy films 1946 comedy films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell American black-and-white films 1940s American films Films with screenplays by Sherman Lowe Films about advertising Films about marriage English-language comedy films Films scored by Mort Glickman Films scored by Nathan Scott (composer) {{1940s-US-comedy-film-stub