Academy Awards, USA 1945
| Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay Preston Sturges |
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Preston Sturges
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Paramount)
High-spirited, naive Betty Hutton sneaks out to dance with soldiers. She bumps her head and wakes up married, and pregnant, but cannot remember the name of her husband, who has long since disappeared. Her long-time admirer Eddie Bracken tries to help her out of the situation by marrying her under a false name and "borrowing" money from the bank where he works. However, it all falls apart when he signs his real name on the marriage license and is accused of bigamy and theft by the small minded townsfolk. He is redeemed when she gives birth to sextuplets, causing a media frenzy. The usual rapid-fire Sturges madness, but anticlimactic and a moral code that just does not add up.
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