Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage
Acting
Betsy Drake's full-throttle commitment to unhinged
Writing
Dialogue that aged like milk in the sun
Costume
1948 fashion peak chaos energy
Director
Don Hartman
Cary Grant
Dr. Madison W. Brown
Betsy Drake
Anabel Sims
Franchot Tone
Roger Sanford
Diana Lynn
Julie Hudson
Alan Mowbray
Mr. Spitzer
Elisabeth Risdon
Mary Nolan
Richard Gaines
Sam McNutt
Harry Hayden
Gogarty
Chick Chandler
Soda Clerk
Leon Belasco
Violinist
Fred Essler
Pierre
Anna Q. Nilsson
Saleslady
Bess Flowers
Pierre's Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Eddie Albert
Harry Proctor / 'Old' Joe (uncredited)
James Griffith
Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Betsy Drake was Cary Grant's real-life wife at the time; he reportedly pushed for her casting. The irony of him playing a man terrified of marriage is *chef's kiss*.
This film is a time capsule of 'husband hunting' as acceptable female ambition — the title itself is the entire thesis of 1940s domestic propaganda.
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