Movie: The Petty Girl

Top 10 Billed Cast

Robert Cummings
Robert Cummings

George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp

Joan Caulfield
Joan Caulfield

Prof. Victoria Braymore

Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester

Dr. Crutcher

Melville Cooper
Melville Cooper

Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)

Audrey Long
Audrey Long

Mrs. Connie Manton Dezlow

Mary Wickes
Mary Wickes

Prof. Whitman

Frank Orth
Frank Orth

Moody (process server)

John Ridgely
John Ridgely

Patrolman

Dorothy Abbott
Dorothy Abbott

December Petty Girl (uncredited)

Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado

Brush and Easel Waiter (uncredited)

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    An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.

  • Release Date

    1950-08-17

  • Average

    4.313

  • Rating:

    2.2 starts
  • Tagline

    She's Gorgeous

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  • Languages:

    English
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