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Behave Yourself! ()

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Bill Denny has no idea that the cute Welsh terrier who has followed him home is sought by all of gangland. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing--the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law?
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William Calhoun 'Bill' Denny
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Kate Denny
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Officer O'Ryan
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Fat Freddy
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Mother
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Pinky (as Lon Chaney)
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Norbert 'Gillie the Blade' Gillespie
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Albert Jonas
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Pete the Pusher
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Plainclothesman
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Shortwave Bert
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Max the Umbrella
Archie ...
The Dog
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Numi
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Police Sgt. O'Neill (uncredited)
Kathleen Dennis ...
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Lingerie Shop Manager (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Pet Shop Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
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Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Richard Irving ...
Tan & White Shoes (uncredited)
Jack Jahries ...
X-Ray Man (uncredited)
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Salesgirl (uncredited)
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Bill's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Janitor (uncredited)
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Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Dudley Sadler ...
Jay--Pet Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
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Plainclothesman (uncredited)
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Police Officer O'Hara (uncredited)
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Bill's Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Claude Wisberg ...
O'Rappaport (uncredited)
Allen Wood ...
Pete's Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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George Beck ... (directed by)

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George Beck ... (screen play by)
 
George Beck ... (story by) and
Frank Tarloff ... (story by)

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Norman Krasna ... producer (produced by)
Stanley Rubin ... associate producer
Jerry Wald ... producer (produced by)

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Leigh Harline ... (music by)

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James Wong Howe ... director of photography

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Paul Weatherwax ... film editor

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J. McMillan Johnson ... (production designed by)

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Albert S. D'Agostino

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Harley Miller ... (set decorations)
Darrell Silvera ... (set decorations)

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist
Larry Germain ... hair stylist

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William Dorfman ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Phil Brigandi ... sound (as Philip Brigandi)
Clem Portman ... sound

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Orry-Kelly ... gowns: Miss Winters

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director
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Plot Summary

Beyond living in his disapproving mother-in-law's house while he establishes his accounting career, Bill Denny is happily married to Kate Denny; they're about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary. Bill thinks he's come home without a present for Kate since a stray Welsh terrier caused a ruckus in the store where he was going to buy the present. However Kate believes her anniversary present is the terrier who followed Bill home, and she names him Archie. Bill and Kate don't know that the terrier escaped from its owners, a bunch of smugglers who trained it to be the contact for the switch between the smuggled goods and the money. Bill and Archie don't get along, so Bill does whatever he can to get rid of the dog. Meanwhile, the people buying the smuggled goods believe that the smugglers have swindled them since the terrier has not made contact, so when ads appear in the lost-and-found section about a missing Welsh terrier, Bill unwittingly gets caught in the middle as he tries to return Archie to her rightful people, and Kate can't understand why Archie is always trying to go off on their walks (when he's just doing what he was trained to do, trying to make contact for the drop). Add a harried police detective investigating a series a murders in which Bill seems to be involved, and chaos ensues. Written by Huggo

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Taglines OH! The things that go ON ... and ON ... and ON! See more »
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  • Symphonie en 6.35 (France)
  • Pórtate bien (Spain)
  • Symphonie en 6.35 (Belgium, French title)
  • Dar na uzici (Yugoslavia, Serbian title)
  • Pórtate bien (Mexico)
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Trivia When Jonas picks up Archie and goes to the Thrifty drug store to make a phone call, you can see the May Company Wilshire building in the background. Built in 1939 and located at 6067 Wilshire Blvd. at S. Fairfax Ave., it is a superb example of "Streamline Moderne" architecture. After a $250M renovation, it is scheduled to become the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in 2017. The location of the Thrifty drug store is now occupied by the City National Bank building at 6100 Wilshire Blvd. See more »
Goofs Plot hinges on a small trained dog who is shipped to Los Angeles by crooks, with message that if dog is walked on Wilshire Boulevard, he will lead crooks to their criminal contact. However, Wilshire is one of city's longest streets (16 miles) and instructions don't indicate either what area of this street dog is to be walked or even which side, meaning the dog would conceivably have to be walked 32 miles. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in James Wong Howe | Fandor Spotlight (2022). See more »
Soundtracks Behave Yourself! See more »
Crazy Credits The end credits begin with the words "Cast, in the order of their disappearance". See more »
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