After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they are unable to pay. They're forced to let their former employees live in their luxury apartment in lieu of paying the money they owe them.
Is it worth the time? Honestly, you should watch this if you have a soft spot for 1930s screwball dynamics and don't mind a movie that feels like it’s running on fumes half the time. If you need tight pacing or high-stakes drama, you will probably hate it. It’s light, it’s a bit dusty, and it’s clearly working with a b...
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Leonard Fields
Wilfred Lucas
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"Is it worth the time? Honestly, you should watch this if you have a soft spot for 1930s screwball dynamics and don't mind a movie that feels like it’s running on fumes half the time. If you need tight pacing or high-stakes drama, you will probably hate it. It’s light, it’s a bit dusty, and it’s clearly working with a budget that couldn't cover the coffee tab on a set like Grand Hotel. The premise is simple: rich people lose everything, then get stuck living with the help. It sounds like the set..."
Hal Price
Leonard Fields, Cornell Woolrich, David Silverstein
United States
