Clip
Summary
When jobless genius Beauregard Bottomley interviews with Burnbridge Waters for a position at Waters' soap company, the owner rudely turns Bottomley down.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 75
Audience score82%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 39 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10099Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116Released
1950
May 11, 1950
76 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 20 more32 people
- Ronald ColmanBeauregard Bottomley
- Celeste HolmFlame O'Neill
- Vincent PriceBurnbridge Waters
- Barbara BrittonGwenn Bottomley
- Art LinkletterHappy Hogan
- GHGabriel HeatterAnnouncer
- GFGeorge FisherAnnouncer
- Byron FoulgerGerald
- EMEllye MarshallFrosty
- Vici RaafWaters' Secretary
- John EldredgeExecutive No. 1
Lyle TalbotExecutive No. 2- GLGeorge LeighExecutive No. 3
John HartExecutive No. 4
Mel BlancCaesar (voice)
Peter BroccoFortune Teller- BOBrian O'HaraBuck (T Man)
- JDJack DalyScratch (T Man)
Gordon NelsonLecturer
Herbert LyttonChuck Johnson
George MeaderMr. Brown
Robert ClarkeActor in Movie at Drive-In- JCJames ConatyBackstage Extra at Hollywood Bowl
Sayre DearingAudience Extra
Directing · 3
- Richard Whorf Director
- Ralph Slosser Assistant Director
- Leon Chooluck Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Hans Jacoby Story, Screenplay
- Frederick Brady Screenplay, Story
Production · 3
- Harry M. Popkin Executive Producer
- George Moskov Producer
- Joseph H. Nadel Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Paul Ivano Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hugh Bennett Editor
Sound · 6
- Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer, Music Director
- Paul Marquardt Orchestrator
- Hugh McDowell Jr. Sound Recordist
- Herbert Taylor Orchestrator
- George Parrish Orchestrator
- Mac Dalgleish Sound Recordist
Art · 2
- George Van Marter Art Direction
- Jacques Mapes Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 4
- Scotty Rackin Hairstylist
- Ted Larsen Makeup Artist
- William Knight Makeup Artist
- Maria P. Donovan Costume Designer
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