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Carole Lombard, Charles Halton, Felix Bressart, George Lynn, Halliwell Hobbes
Id: 10009151
As much a political statement as it is a comedy. Probably Jack Benny's best work in film and the role for which he's most remembered. Mr. Benny kept me in stitches and Carole Lombard kept me drooling. What a talented, beautiful (and very funny!) actress.
a brilliant satire and a daring film to make in the early years of WW2 when not many were laughing. also the final screen appearance of the ridiculously beautiful and multi-talented carole lombard. hilarious. don't bother with the lame remake!
WEB. A pesar de su contextualización algo anticuada, sigue siendo una farsa bastante genial. Pierde algo de ímpetu y llega a jugar demasiado con lo inverosímil, pero es otra buena de Lubitsch. / Despite the dated contextualization, this is still a genial farce. Loses some momentu...( read more)
A comedy made during WWII that has bite and wit. Blend Shakespeare, sex and an actor's ego and you've got Lubitsch magic. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard are to die for. Their faces say so much with the slightest glance. Their brilliant comic timing is irresistible. It's a sardonic...( read more)
A group of Polish theater actors try to make their job when the Second World War starts. These actors will see how they get implicated in a critical spy game. Elegant sense of humour from Lubitsch, who directs this sofisticated light comedy in which patriotic and personal affairs...( read more)
This movie was a hoot. When I watched it it was in a group of four people and we ALL agreed it truly lived up to it's Screwball contemporaries!
When I first started watching it, I was thinking that Lombard and Benny was odd casting, but with that script - it was perfect. ...( read more)
