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Complete credited cast: | |||
Guy Kibbee | ... | Malcom J. 'Dinky' Winthrop | |
Una Merkel | ... | Nancy Dorsey | |
Lynne Overman | ... | Steven A. 'Steve' Dorsey | |
Thurston Hall | ... | Maj. Manning | |
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | ... | Lazarus Hubert Gregory 'Cupid' Dougal (as Guinn Williams) | |
Frank M. Thomas | ... | Insp. Mallory | |
William Demarest | ... | Larry 'Horace' Tucker | |
Lucille Ball | ... | Ann 'Annie' Howell | |
Harry Tyler | ... | Mike Callahan | |
George Irving | ... | Warden | |
Bradley Page | ... | Hagar - Salesman | |
Si Jenks | ... | Sam Taylor (as Cy Jenks) |
Arch schemer Major Manning is fresh from prison but eager to hatch another "deal". He concocts a plan with his associates to sell stock in a worthless gold mine and skip with the profits. But first they need to establish the proper front. With money they borrow from Steve's wife--who thinks the money is being used to start a legitimate business--they rent a posh office, hire seasoned telemarketers to make the pitch and convince a dim newspaper columnist to lend the organization his prestigious-sounding name. The stocks sell like hotcakes and things look rosey for the boys. But when the little woman starts asking Steve too many questions; and when the rube fronting the company decides to take his job seriously; and when a customer complains to the authorities, prompting a detective to start nosing around the office--things begins to unravel for the Major. Written by Chris Stone <jstone@bellatlantic.net>
Any flick with Guy Kibbee or Thurston Hall or Guinn 'Big-Boy' Williams has got to have entertainment value. The chemistry works with "Don't Tell The Wife". A con-man tries to get out of the rackets and settle down with his wife, but the pull of the old game is too strong for him to resist. He's got to make another score for security and for old time's sake. The wife doesn't buy in quickly. Kibbee helps to convince her via his bumbling character in this flick (which probably would have been better handled by a Cecil Calloway or Frank Morgan). In times prior to this, the chiselers had sold phony stock to phony mines. This time there is a real mine, but what happens comes as quite a surprise to all concerned. Completely out of touch with reality, and only suggestive of madcap without going overboard, this one is actually kinda entertaining.