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Man About Town

Man About Town

★ 4.5/10•1939•1h 25m•NR•Comedy•Music

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.

Mark Sandrich · Director

Morrie Ryskind · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 25m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 29, 1939

Actors

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Bob Temple

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Diana Wilson

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

Sir John Arlington

Binnie Barnes

Binnie Barnes

Lady Arlington

Monty Woolley

Monty Woolley

Henri Dubois

Isabel Jeans

Mme. Dubois

Phil Harris

Phil Harris

Ted Nash

Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Susan Hayes

E. E. Clive

E. E. Clive

Hotchkiss

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Rochester

Matty Malneck

Matty Malneck

Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Peggy Stewart

Peggy Stewart

Mary (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

Waiter #2 (uncredited)

Wesley Barry

Wesley Barry

Messenger Boy (uncredited)

Leon Belasco

Leon Belasco

Arab Petitioner in Show (uncredited)

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