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Year:	1940
Rating:	6.1(223)
Listed in:	Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by:	Lewis Milestone
Actors:	Ronald Colman Jack Carson Harry Davenport Ginger Rogers Spring Byington Cecilia Loftus

Cast

	Directed by
Lewis Milestone
	Actors
Ronald Colman	as David Grant
Jack Carson	as Frederick Harper
Harry Davenport	as Judge
Hugh O'Connell	as Niagara Hotel Clerk
Brandon Tynan	as Mr. Sylvester aka Peter Possum
Leon Belasco	as Nick #1
Eddie Conrad	as Nick #2 (Nicholas)
Walter Kingsford	as Wendell
Murray Alper	as Orchestra Leader
William 'Billy' Benedict	as Delivery Boy
Harlan Briggs	as Mayor
Edgar Dearing	as Desk Sergeant
Robert Dudley	as Bailiff
Tom Dugan	as Spieler #2
Billy Gilbert	as Charles, Waiter
Bruce Hale	as Bridegroom
Charles Halton	as Chamber of Commerce Official
Al Hill	as Bob Clark, Motorcycle Policeman
Otto Hoffman	as Court Clerk
Dick Hogan	as First Bellboy
Olin Howland	as Tourist
Lloyd Ingraham	as Owner of the Pocomo Journal
Mike Lally	as Photographer
Tommy Mack	as Joseph
Alex Melesh	as Art Salesman
Frank Mills	as Bus Driver
Benny Rubin	as Spieler #1
Douglas Spencer	as Courtroom Spectator
Grady Sutton	as Reporter
Max Wagner	as Waiter
George Watts	as Plainclothesman
Gayne Whitman	as Announcer
Allen Wood	as Second Bellboy
	Actresses
Ginger Rogers	as Jean Newton
Spring Byington	as Aunt Lucy
Cecilia Loftus	as Mrs. Alice Sylvester aka Jenny Wren
Lucile Gleason	as Ethel's Mother
Helen Lynd	as Ethel
Dorothy Adams	as Maid at Ethel's
Nora Cecil	as President of Women's Club
Fern Emmett	as Hotel Chambermaid
Jane Patton	as Bride
Dorothy Vernon	as Woman on Bus

Movie info

Languages:	English
Filming dates:	6 April 1940 - 6 July 1940

Plot:	As David Grant passes neighbor Jean Newton on the street in Greenwich Village, he impulsively wishes her good luck. Although she doesn't know him, she intuitively asks him to become her partner in an Irish sweepstakes ticket. David agrees on the condition that she go on a world tour with him if they win the $150,000 prize as an "experiment." She reluctantly agrees over the initial objections of her oafish fiancé Fred, who agrees to hold the ticket. When it turns out that they have drawn a horse in the race, Fred urges them to sell the ticket for the $12,000 asking price, but they turn him down. Although their horse loses, Jean is furious to learn that Fred had sold her half of the ticket. Even though David doesn't know about it, she feels obligated to share the $6000 with him. After he buys her a car with her half, she agrees to a scaled-down version of their tour to Niagara Falls, where they register as brother and sister. What Jean doesn't know is that David is actually a famous painter living under an assumed name after serving three years in prison.a

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Original Soundtracks

"Comin' Thro' the Rye" (uncredited) Traditional Arranged by Roy Webb Whistled by Ronald Colman Whistled by Ginger Rogers Variations played often as part of the score
"Wishing (Will Make It So)" (1939) (uncredited) Music by Buddy G. DeSylva Played and sung on the radio
"Jarabe tapatio (Mexican Hat Dance)" (uncredited) Traditional Arranged by Roy Webb Played as part of the score
"Sleepy Time in Hawaii" (uncredited) Music by Otis René

Goofs

Continuity: After Colman finishes his cross examination of Rogers, he walks out-of-frame and she gets up and follows him off-screen. One second later she's back in the witness stand with him still cross-examining her.