Two private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
Acting
Ella Raines plays three women and steals every scene.
Writing
Screwball dialogue that actually lands the jokes.
Costume
Penelope's disguises are character development.
Director
Charles Lamont
Ella Raines
Penelope 'Annabelle' Hampton
Rod Cameron
Eddie J. Kildane
Broderick Crawford
Louis Prentiss
Frank McHugh
Wally Quayle
George Cleveland
Feenan the cabbie
Joan Shawlee
Mamie 'Baby' Willis (as Joan Fulton)
Samuel S. Hinds
Norman Hampton
Joe Sawyer
Hutchins
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Mildred Hampton
Dave Willock
Hubert 'Billy' Willis
Charles Coleman
Butler
Jack Overman
Cusack
Pamela Blake
Coffee Shop Waitress (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Hotel Desk Clerk / Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joan Shawlee later played Sweet Sue in 'Some Like It Hot' — her 'Baby' Willis here is basically practice.
This was Universal's attempt to clone 'The Thin Man' chemistry on a budget; Crawford and Cameron were not Nick and Nora.
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