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Gerry and Tom Jeffers are finding married life hard. Tom is an inventor/ architect and there is little money for them to live on. They are about to be thrown out of their apartment when Gerry meets rich businessman being shown around as a prospective tenant. He gives Gerry $700 to start life afresh but Tom refuses to believe her story and they quarrel. Gerry decides the marriage is over and heads to Palm Beach for a quick divorce but Tom has plans to stop her.

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Starring: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor

Released: November 7, 1942

Runtime: 88.0

Popularity Rating: 3.927

Paramount Pictures

United States of America

Geraldine 'Gerry' Jeffers Claudette Colbert
Tom Jeffers Joel McCrea
The Princess Centimillia Mary Astor
John D. Hackensacker III Rudy Vallee
Toto Sig Arno
Mr. Hinch Robert Warwick
Mr. Osmond Arthur Stuart Hull
Dr. Kluck Torben Meyer
Mr. Asweld Jimmy Conlin
Mr. McKeewie Victor Potel
First Member Ale and Quail Club William Demarest
Second Member Ale and Quail Club Jack Norton
Third Member Ale and Quail Club Robert Greig
Fourth Member Ale and Quail Club Roscoe Ates
Fifth Member Ale and Quail Club Dewey Robinson
Sixth Member Ale and Quail Club Chester Conklin
Seventh Member Ale and Quail Club Sheldon Jett
Wienie King Robert Dudley
Manager Franklin Pangborn
Pullman Conductor Arthur Hoyt
Conductor Al Bridge
Colored Bartender Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Colored Porter Charles R. Moore
Brakeman Frank Moran
Orchestra Leader Harry Rosenthal
Wife of Wienie King Esther Howard
Taxi Driver (uncredited) Frank Faylen
Officer O'Donnell (uncredited) J. Farrell MacDonald
Officer in Penn Station (uncredited) Edward McNamara
Diner on Train (uncredited) Bert Moorhouse

Art — Art Direction: Ernst Fegte
Art — Art Direction: Hans Dreier
Camera — Director of Photography: Victor Milner
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Irene
Costume & Make-Up — Makeup Artist: Wally Westmore
Directing — Director: Preston Sturges
Editing — Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Sound — Original Music Composer: Victor Young
Writing — Screenplay: Preston Sturges