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6.1/10   61 votes
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Director:
Don Weis
Writer:
Max Shulman (writer)
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Release Date:
4 September 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Music
User Comments:
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Cast

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Red Skelton ... Ben Dobson
Jean Hagen ... Martha Dobson
Charles Dingle ... Mr. Bascomb
Willard Waterman ... Charles McEstway

Mary Wickes ... Mrs. Watts
Frank Cady ... Mr. Watts
Hugh Corcoran ... Pete Dobson
Dorothy Patrick ... Edna Radwell
King Donovan ... Sam Radwell
Billie Bird ... Ernestine
Dabbs Greer ... George Payson
Kathleen Freeman ... Welcomer
Polly Bergen ... Herself - Guest Appearance
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
71 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16576)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

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Trivia:
Red Skelton, ending his association with MGM, which had begun with Flight Command (1940), starred in two films in a row which did not garner contemporary New York Times reviews: this movie, followed by The Great Diamond Robbery (1954). more
Soundtrack:
My Blue Heaven more

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Only for Red Skelton-devotees..., 25 January 2008
3/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Trite sitcom from director Don Weis and writer Max Schulman has Red Skelton cast as a harried husband and father over-his-head in trouble after his caustic spouse convinces him to move the family from New York City to the suburbs. As Skelton's wife, miscast Jean Hagen is all wrong for this scenario (she's so brittle, she makes poor Red look hen-pecked, deadly in a family comedy). Supporting cast (including Mary Wickes, Billie Bird, and Polly Bergen playing herself) is much more at ease with this kind of silly material; though, unfortunately, star Skelton isn't given very much to do. Extremely minor fare. *1/2 from ****

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