Miss Grant Takes Richmond (Innocence Is Bliss) (1949)
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Lucille Ball is Miss Grant, an efficient but naïve secretary hired by William Holden. Ostensibly a legit real estate salesman, Holden is actually the brains of a bookie ring. It takes forever for Ball to tumble to what's going on, but when she does she settles matters in the same fashion as her… More Lucille Ball is Miss Grant, an efficient but naïve secretary hired by William Holden. Ostensibly a legit real estate salesman, Holden is actually the brains of a bookie ring. It takes forever for Ball to tumble to what's going on, but when she does she settles matters in the same fashion as her later I Love Lucy character would--by adopting a disguise and a line of snappy patter. The chastened Holden marries Ball and agrees to devote his life to running an honest real-estate firm on behalf of the deserving homeless. Among the contributors to the success of Miss Grant Takes Richmond are producer S. Sylvan Simon, director Lloyd Bacon and scenarist Frank Tashlin, all of whom would later team up again for the zany Lucille Ball vehicle The Fuller Brush Girl. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lloyd Bacon
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 20, 1949 Wide
- On DVD
- Mar 20, 1991
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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Lucille Ball
as Ellen Grant
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William Holden
as Dick Richmond
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Janis Carter
as Peggy Donato
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James Gleason
as J. Hobart Gleason
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Gloria Henry
as Helen White
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Frank McHugh
as Mr. Kilcoyne
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George Cleveland
as Judge Ben Grant
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Stephen Dunne
as Ralph Winton
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Arthur Space
as Willacombe
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Will Wright
as Roscoe Johnson
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Jimmy Lloyd
as Homer White
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Loren Tindall
as Charles Meyers
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Ola Lorraine
as Jeanie Meyers
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Claire Meade
as Aunt Mae
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Roy Roberts
as Foreman
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Charles Lane
as Woodruff
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Harry V. Cheshire
as Leo Hopkins
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Eddie Acuff
as Bus Driver
- Peter Brocco
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Cliff Clark
as Job Boss
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Harry Harvey
as Councilman Reed
- Don Hayden
- Brad Johnson
- Ted Jordan
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Charles Marsh
as Court Clerk
- Paul Newlan
- Jack Overman
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Michael Ross
as Hood
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Cosmo Sardo
as Maitre D'
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Sid Saylor
as Surveyor
- Marjorie Stapp
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Charles Sullivan
as Worker
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Stanley Waxman
as Sig Davis
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Wanda Cantlon
as Maid
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Glenn Thompson
as Carpenter
- Jerry Jerome
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Billy Lechner
as Soda Clerk
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Wanda Perry
as Ruth
- Robert Strong
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Michael Cisney
as Lawyer
- Bret Hamilton
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Tom Kingston
as Bit Player
