Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
Acting
Astaire-Rogers chemistry at peak screwball.
Direction
Sandrich's seamless musical-to-dialogue transitions.
Director
Mark Sandrich
Fred Astaire
Tony Flagg
Ginger Rogers
Amanda Cooper
Ralph Bellamy
Stephen Arden
Luella Gear
Aunt Cora
Jack Carson
Connors
Clarence Kolb
Judge Travers
Franklin Pangborn
Roland Hunter
Walter Kingsford
Dr. Powers
Kay Sutton
Miss Adams
Bobby Barber
(uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Guilfoyle
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel
Hattie (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Astaire and Rogers' eighth collaboration but their only screwball comedy — Sandrich deliberately minimized the dancing to focus on their verbal sparring.
The film gently mocks psychoanalysis at the height of its American popularization — Tony's Freudian jargon is played for laughs even as the plot depends on it.
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