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Dick Wallace secretly marries a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who thinks she is a gold digger, is opposed. She takes a job with the company under her maiden name to prove she's... See more »
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Marion Hall
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Dick Wallace
Reginald Barlow ...
Mr. Wallace
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Rev. Hall
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Little
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Polly
Patrick Cunning ...
Van - Polly's Brother
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Tom - Garage Owner
Hugh Kidder ...
Jenkins - the Butler
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Joe Boyd

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Phil Whitman ... (as Philip H. Whitman)

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Lewis D. Collins ... (story) (as Lew Collins)
 
Sam Katzman ... () (uncredited)
 
Jack Natteford ... (adaptation and continuity) (as Jack Francis Natteford)

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Al Alt ... supervising producer
D.J. Mountan ... producer
Sam Katzman ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Abe Scholtz

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Al Alt ... supervising editor
Bobby Ray ... (as Robert Ray)

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Sam Katzman ... production manager

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Fred Preble ... settings

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Oscar Lagerstrom ... sound recording engineer

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John Jenkins ... assistant camera (uncredited)
J. Henry Kruse ... camera operator (uncredited)
Pat Patterson ... chief electrician (uncredited)
Joe Schaefer ... chief grip (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Abe Meyer ... musical director (uncredited)

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Paul Palmatelo ... technical director
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Dick Wallace is a free-wheeling playboy adverse to working in his workaholic father's office and resisting his advice about the evils of wine, women, and song. He accidentally meets, falls in love with, and elopes with Marion Hall, a respectable, attractive ministers's granddaughter he meets at a gas station but his father assumes she's a gold-digger. When she comes to the senior Wallace's office, he hires her as his secretary and continue to resist young Dick's request that he meet his new wife, a situation that results in some awkward and amusing complications. Written by duke1029

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Also Known As
  • Seine persönliche Sekretärin (Germany)
  • Secretaria particular (Spain)
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  • 60 min
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Budget $9,600 (estimated)

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Trivia Producer Sam Katzman only had $2500 of the film's $9600 budget available. The rest was deferred. Star John Wayne was paid only $150 per week. See more »
Goofs When Dick and Marion first meet at the gas station she is by the rear left fender of his car, talking to the attendant on the other side, yet when Dick adjusts the rear view mirror we see Marion's full face instead of a left profile. Then Marion turns her back on the mirror, but when Dick adjusts it downward, we see the front of Marion's feet and legs instead of the back. Only when the camera backs off does Marion turn around and face Dick and the mirror. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Icons of Comedy: 50 Movie Mega Pack (2016). See more »
Soundtracks Rock of Ages See more »
Quotes Jenkins - the Butler: [opening the front door to allow Dick and friends in] Shhh!
Dick Wallace: [Coming in boisterously drunk after a night on the town] Hello, Diggsy, old boy!
Jenkins - the Butler: Your father's trying to sleep, sir.
Dick Wallace: Ohhhh... better let leeping dads lie, eh, Diggs?
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