Movie: Man About Town

Top 10 Billed Cast

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
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

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1939-06-29

  • Average

    3.6

  • Rating:

    1.8 starts
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    English
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