1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.
Acting
Jean Arthur's motor-mouth delivery was never better.
Writing
Screwball banter that moves like a bullet train.
Director
Erle C. Kenton
Jean Arthur
Cassie Nicholls
George Murphy
Edward Joseph "Red" Foster
Douglass Dumbrille
Mario Tonelli
George McKay
Dildy
Robert Middlemass
Frentrup
Victor Kilian
Joe
Charles C. Wilson
First Detective
Shirley Grey
Mimi LaVerne
Bradley Page
Louie
Arthur Rankin
Tommy
Thurston Hall
Captain of Ocean Liner
Fred Kelsey
Mike - Cop
Gene Morgan
Cox (uncredited)
Murray Alper
Stiglitz (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released just before the Hays Code fully clamped down, this retains some pre-Code bite in its portrayal of casual crime and sexual tension.
George Murphy later became a U.S. Senator, making this perhaps the only film where a future politician plays a journalist who fabricates stories. You cannot make this up.
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