| Release Date: | Mar 1943 |
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| Genres: | Romance / Comedy |
| Awards: | Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations |
| Cast: | 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)), Sam Ash (Committee Member (uncredited)), Don Barclay (Drunk (uncredited)), Betzi Beaton (Miss Finch (uncredited)), Hank Bell (Singing Man on Apartment Stairway...), 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...), 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)) |
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
