A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.
Acting
Florence Bates steals every scene as the busybody hotel owner.
Direction
Dwan's 87-minute efficiency — no frame wasted.
Writing
The domino-effect script: one mistake, twelve solutions.
Director
Allan Dwan
Marsha Hunt
Francine Taylor
William Lundigan
Waldo "Bill" Williams
Charles Winninger
Uncle Ed
Gail Patrick
Audrey O'Connor
Gene Lockhart
Horace Taylor
Florence Bates
Geraldine Atherton
Allen Jenkins
Eddie
Will Wright
J. J. Johnson
Roscoe Karns
Eustace Peabody
Robert Shayne
T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Mason
William Haade
Rocky
Frank Ferguson
Eph
Tom Fadden
Ab Follansbee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Allan Dwan directed over 400 films; this was one of his last, made at Republic Pictures on a shoestring.
The $1000 premise hit differently in 1948 — roughly $13,000 today, enough to genuinely destabilize a small town.
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