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Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

It's one, long, loud l-a-u-g-h!

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh

Released: August 9, 1940

Runtime: 99.0

Popularity Rating: 1.468

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

United States of America

Larry Wilson aka George Carey William Powell
Kay Wilson Myrna Loy
'Doc' Ryan Frank McHugh
Duke Sheldon Edmund Lowe
Herbert Donald Douglas
Kay's Mother Nella Walker
Leonard Harkspur Jr. Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Mr. W.H. Sims Pierre Watkin
Mr. Edward Littlejohn Sr. Paul Stanton
Mr. Phil Belenson Morgan Wallace
Mr. Billings Charles Arnt
Donnie Allen
Man Greeting Wilson Saying 'Look Chief' (uncredited) Hooper Atchley
First Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited) Raymond Bailey
Miss Stingecombe - Larry's Secretary (uncredited) Barbara Bedford
Watchman (uncredited) Joseph E. Bernard
Salesgirl (uncredited) Gladys Blake
Edward Littlejohn Jr. (uncredited) Robert Blake
Mayor Carver (uncredited) Harlan Briggs
Little Boy (uncredited) Richard Clucas
Kay's Maid (uncredited) Nell Craig
Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited) Hal Cooke
Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) Mary Currier
Band Leader (uncredited) Jack Daley
Cpl. Belenson (uncredited) Dix Davis
Worker 'Trying It in Tile and Clay' (uncredited) John Dilson
Mr. Watkins - Man in Bar on Ship (uncredited) Edward Earle
Range Leader (uncredited) Dick Elliott
Woman in Lingerie Department (uncredited) Bess Flowers
Mr. Leonard Harkspur Sr. (uncredited) Charles Halton
Mr. Wayne - Man in Bar on Ship (uncredited) Harry Hayden
Observer of Man Overboard (uncredited) Edward Hearn
Mr. Hines - Floorwalker (uncredited) Arthur Hoyt
Mrs. Lederer (uncredited) Hazel Keener
Shop Steward (uncredited) Harry Lash
Sailor Yelling 'Man Overboard' (uncredited) Mitchell Lewis
Joe - Police Sergeant (uncredited) George Lloyd
Police Photographer (uncredited) George Lollier
Maurine (uncredited) Leni Lynn
Ranger Leader (uncredited) Howard M. Mitchell
Worker Saying 'Seventy Hours . . .' (uncredited) Jack Mulhall
Mrs. Kurnitz (uncredited) Bea Nigro
Taxi Driver (uncredited) Frank O'Connor
Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited) Paul Parry
Salesgirl (uncredited) Sally Payne
Worker with Hendrickson Account (uncredited) Jason Robards Sr.
Salesgirl Selling Lingerie (uncredited) Claire Rochelle
Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited) Warren Rock
Cab Driver (uncredited) Harry Strang
Hotel Clerk (uncredited) William Tannen
Watchman (uncredited) Ray Teal
Man Greeting Wilson in Pottery Office (uncredited) Teddy Thompson
Malavinksy - Fingerprint Man (uncredited) Charles Wagenheim
Headwaiter (uncredited) Eric Wilton

Art — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Art — Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Camera — Director of Photography: Oliver T. Marsh
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Dolly Tree
Directing — Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Editing — Editor: Gene Ruggiero
Production — Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Writing — Novel: Octavus Roy Cohen
Writing — Screenplay: Charles Lederer
Writing — Screenplay: George Oppenheimer
Writing — Screenplay: Harry Kurnitz
Writing — Story: Leon Gordon
Writing — Story: Maurine Dallas Watkins