Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
Acting
Grant's physical comedy, Arthur's exasperated stammers, Colman's befuddled dignity—perfection.
Writing
Screenplay bites harder than expected on mob justice and elite hypocrisy.
Direction
Stevens balances door-slamming farce with genuine moral weight.
Director
George Stevens
Cary Grant
Leopold Dilg
Jean Arthur
Nora Shelley
Ronald Colman
Michael Lightcap
Edgar Buchanan
Sam Yates
Glenda Farrell
Regina Bush
Charles Dingle
Andrew Holmes
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Shelley
Rex Ingram
Tilney
Leonid Kinskey
Jan Pulaski
Tom Tyler
Clyde Bracken
Don Beddoe
Police Chief
William Benedict
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Pulaski (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Lloyd Bridges
Donald Forrester (uncredited)
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