Crosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel.
Is it worth a watch? If you like old-school musical comedies or have a soft spot for the specific, grumpy charm of W.C. Fields, then yeah, give this a spin. If you are looking for a tight, logical plot or a serious historical drama, you are going to be bored out of your mind. It is a movie that lives and dies by its bi...
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"Is it worth a watch? If you like old-school musical comedies or have a soft spot for the specific, grumpy charm of W.C. Fields, then yeah, give this a spin. If you are looking for a tight, logical plot or a serious historical drama, you are going to be bored out of your mind. It is a movie that lives and dies by its bits, and honestly, that is fine by me. Bing Crosby is doing his usual thing. He’s smooth, he sings well, and he plays the principled Quaker who just won’t pick up a gun. It’s a bit..."
Theresa Maxwell Conover
Herbert Fields, Jack Cunningham, Claude Binyon, Booth Tarkington, Dore Schary, Francis Martin
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