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Summary
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 52GoodWatch 56
IMDb6.5
Audience score38%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for comedies, −5 min on the typical 100
typical 10095Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 5 countries
Released
1942
April 16, 1942
84 years ago
Genres
ComedyRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 17 more24 people
- Eleanor PowellTallulah Winters
- Red SkeltonMerton K. Kibble
- Bert LahrSkip Owens
- Virginia O'BrienFran Evans
- William Post Jr.H. U. Bennet
- Stuart CrawfordArt Higgins
- John EmeryDr. Farno
- Bernard NedellPietro Polesi
Tommy DorseyTommy Dorsey- BRBuddy RichDrummer
Frank SinatraSinger in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra- JCJames CrossStump
- EHEddie HartmanStumpy
Philip AhnKoro Sumo
Barbara BedfordMrs. Loring
Gladys BlakeMerton's Secretary
Hillary BrookeHillary- ZEZiggy ElmanZiggy Elman
John RaittSailor
Grandon RhodesLt. Cmdr. Thurston
William TannenAgent Flammer
Bess FlowersNightclub Patron
Russell HicksCapt. C.V. O'Brien
Connie RussellChorus Girl
Directing · 1
- Edward Buzzell Director
Writing · 3
- Harry Clork Screenplay
- E.Y. Harburg Lyricist
- Ralph Freed Lyricist
Production · 1
- Jack Cummings Producer
Camera · 2
- Robert H. Planck Director of Photography
- Leonard Smith Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Blanche Sewell Editor
Sound · 3
- George Bassman Original Music Composer
- George Stoll Original Music Composer
- Burton Lane Songs
Art · 3
- Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
- Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
- Jack D. Moore Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Robert Kalloch Costume Design
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