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A Woman of Distinction(1950)
Status: Released
Date: 1950-03-16
62%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
Overview:
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
Languages: English.
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United States of America
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Movie: A Woman of Distinction
Top 10 Billed Cast
Rosalind Russell
Susan Manning Middlecott
Ray Milland
Alexander "Alec" Stevenson
Edmund Gwenn
J.D. Middlecott
Janis Carter
Teddy Evans
Mary Jane Saunders
Louisa Middlecott
Francis Lederer
Paul Simone
Jerome Courtland
Jerome
Clifton Young
Chet
Gale Gordon
Postal Clerk
Harry Tyler
Cabbie
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Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
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1950-03-16
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6.2
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