Acting
Mary Astor's comeback energy is magnetic.
Direction
Dassin's early comedy chops before noir fame.
Costume
1943 campus fashion is unintentionally iconic.
Director
Jules Dassin
Susan Peters
Susan Evans
Herbert Marshall
Prof. Michael Kingsley
Mary Astor
Josephine Evans
Elliott Reid
Jeff Evans
Richard Carlson
Tom Farrell
Allyn Joslyn
Adam Trent
Dorothy Morris
Co-ed
Frances Rafferty
Co-ed
George Dolenz
Pepe
Emory Parnell
Judge Canute J. Kelly
Grady Sutton
Undetermined Minor Role (unconfirmed)
Frank Faylen
Reporter (uncredited)
Ava Gardner
Co-ed (uncredited)
Noel Neill
Co-ed (uncredited)
Charles Arnt
Station Master (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Jules Dassin's last light comedy before Hollywood blacklisted him; he fled to France and invented film noir.
Mary Astor filmed this during her infamous custody battle scandal, making her 'liberated widow' role deliciously meta.
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