A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
Acting
Edward Everett Horton's flustered flailing is physical comedy poetry.
Writing
Depression-era dialogue that somehow slaps harder in 2024.
Direction
George Marshall keeps 71 minutes tighter than most 2-hour films.
Director
George Marshall
Edward Everett Horton
Hubert T. Wilkins
Karen Morley
Emily Converse
Alan Dinehart
Fuller
Glen Boles
Don Bates
Berton Churchill
Mr. Bates
Rosina Lawrence
Dorothy Converse
Ray Walker
Perry
Frank Melton
Clark
William Benedict
Jimmy
Lynn Bari
Secretary (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Bootblack (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Landlady (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Real Estate Agent (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released deep in the Great Depression, this hit audiences where they lived—literally. The $10 raise was roughly $220 today, still insulting.
Edward Everett Horton later became the voice of Fractured Fairy Tales and narrated 'Rocky and Bullwinkle'—his flustered energy never left him.
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