A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
Acting
Victor Moore's hobo patriarch — pure grandfather energy.
Production
That Fifth Avenue mansion set is actual real estate porn.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Don DeFore
Jim Bullock
Ann Harding
Mary O'Connor
Charles Ruggles
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor
Victor Moore
Aloysius T. McKeever
Gale Storm
Trudy O'Connor
Grant Mitchell
Al Farrow
Edward Brophy
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton
Alan Hale Jr.
Whitey Temple
Dorothea Kent
Margie Temple
Edward Ryan
Hank
Charles Lane
Landlord (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
Brady - Gates Patrolman (uncredited)
Edward Gargan
Policeman in Park (uncredited)
James Flavin
First Policeman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally going to star Cary Grant, but Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life' tanked and RKO got cold feet on schmaltz.
Released during the 1947 housing crisis when veterans literally couldn't find apartments — the fantasy of just... taking one hit different.
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