A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
Acting
Betsy Drake's deadpan desperation sells the absurd premise.
Costume
Mid-century Manhattan fashion porn in every frame.
Director
Bretaigne Windust
Dennis Morgan
Sam Morley
Betsy Drake
Patsy Douglas
Zachary Scott
Barry Holmes
Edmund Gwenn
Cyrus Baxter
William Frawley
Corcoran
Raymond Roe
Sidney
Ransom M. Sherman
Powers
Sheila MacRae
Peggy
Eleanor Audley
Miss Brendel
George Chandler
Henderson
Barbara Billingsley
Edna- Receptionist
Fred Aldrich
Train Passenger (uncredited)
John Alvin
Danny (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Betsy Drake was Cary Grant's third wife; this was her second film and rare leading role before she abandoned Hollywood for psychiatric nursing.
The subway seat desperation was real—women with babies got priority seating, making Patsy's scheme weirdly practical 1950s social hacking.
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