Overview:
Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant on an inspection tour. Acme president McKinley is so nervous not even his beautiful secretary Harriet can calm him. McKinley's wife Lucille becomes infatuated with Hodges. Many further complications ensue.| Status: | Released (1951-06-15) |
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| Screen: | Lamar Trotti, Paddy Chayefsky |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 93123: Monty Woolley - John R. Hodges
- 7684: Thelma Ritter - Della Hodges
- 14831: David Wayne - Joe Elliott
- 19216: Jean Peters - Alice Hodges
- 89731: Constance Bennett - Lucille McKinley
- 3149: Marilyn Monroe - Harriet
- 87698: Allyn Joslyn - George Hodges
Crews
- 127678: Harmon Jones - Director - Directing
- 14647: Cyril J. Mockridge - Music - Sound
- 8505: Robert L. Simpson - Editor - Editing
- 31498: Paddy Chayefsky - Story - Writing
- 132251: Maurice Ransford - Art Direction - Art
- 8508: Thomas Little - Set Decoration - Art
- 38229: Renié - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
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I really enjoyed this fine screwball comedy, from a very clever story by Paddy Chayefsky, about a man forced to retire from a beloved printing job because he turned 65. He decides to go straight to the president to question the ageist policy, discovers no one knows what the president ....
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Review text:
Print worker "Hodges" (Monty Woolley) isn't best impressed when he is made redundant at the age of 65. The thought of sitting in the park playing dominoes with his contemporaries scares him rigid, so he concocts quite a clever plan to impersonate the boss of their parent company and ....
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