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Tom Dick and Harry (1941)

APPROVED 87 min  -  Comedy | Fantasy | Romance  -   13 June 1941 (USA)
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Working girl Janeie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.

Director:

Garson Kanin

Writers:

Paul Jarrico (story), Paul Jarrico (screenplay)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ginger Rogers ...
Janie
George Murphy ...
Tom
Alan Marshal Alan Marshal ...
Dick
Burgess Meredith ...
Harry
Joe Cunningham Joe Cunningham ...
Pop
Jane Seymour Jane Seymour ...
Ma
Lenore Lonergan Lenore Lonergan ...
Barbara aka Butch
Vickie Lester Vickie Lester ...
Paula (as Vicki Lester)
Phil Silvers ...
Phil - Ice Cream Vendor
Betty Breckenridge Betty Breckenridge ...
Gertrude
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Colebrook Edward Colebrook ...
Stalled Car Driver (scenes deleted)
Dorothy Lloyd Dorothy Lloyd ...
Gypsy Oracle (scenes deleted)
Gertrude Short Gertrude Short ...
Bridge Matron (scenes deleted)
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Storyline

Ginger Rogers, a telephone operator, is pursued by George Murphy (a down-to earth fellow), Alan Marshal (a rich man) and Burgess Meredith (a noncomformist). She dreams what life would be life married to each of them. Written by Jack McKillop <jem3@donuts0.bellcore.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Millionaire | Mechanic | Car Salesman | Dream | Salesman  | See more »

Taglines:

It's the story of every girl who ever fell in love . . . More than once !

Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Ses trois amoureux See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 7, 1950 with Ginger Rogers and George Murphy reprising their film roles. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: At one point, Harry tells Janie that there are just over 3,000 millionaires and that there are about 11,000,000 single women. They agree that her chances of marrying a millionaire are one in a million. On his previous statistics, the odds are actually about 1 in 3,500. See more »

Quotes

Janie: [During a dream] I've got it! I'll marry all three of them.
Tom: [With Dick and Harry] All three of us?
Janie: Sure!
Tom: [With Dick and Harry] Do you think it'd work?
Janie: Why not? I think the four of us would make a lovely couple.
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Crazy Credits

In the opening titles, it shows some of the names spelled incorrectly, then the letters tumble to the bottom of the screen, scramble themselves and return to their original position, with the correct spellings. This is how they appear:
SNIRGOR GREEG = GINGER ROGERS
GREGORE YUMPH = GEORGE MURPHY
HASALMAR NALL = ALAN MARSHAL
ESSRUDE MITHGREB = BURGESS MEREDITH
SERT BORISK = ROBERT SISK
RILA COJURPA = PAUL JARRICO
OSKAR INGNAN = GARSON KANIN See more »

Connections

Remade as The Girl Most Likely (1958) See more »

Soundtracks

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
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Played as background music when Janie sees the star See more »