For Love or Money(1939)
IT'S BREEZY! IT'S ZIPPY! IT'S HILARIOUS!
To dim-bulb accountants find themselves working for a bookie in this comedy. Their jobs and their lives are placed in jeopardy when they accidently fumble $50,000 worth of the bookie's cash over to the secretary who wastes no time in spending $44,000 of it in less than 8 hours. The bookkeepers are given 36 hours to get all of the money back by their infuriated boss.
Movie: For Love or Money
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Susan Bannister
Ted Frazier
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Poindexter
Foster
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To dim-bulb accountants find themselves working for a bookie in this comedy. Their jobs and their lives are placed in jeopardy when they accidently fumble $50,000 worth of the bookie's cash over to the secretary who wastes no time in spending $44,000 of it in less than 8 hours. The bookkeepers are given 36 hours to get all of the money back by their infuriated boss.
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1939-04-27
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7
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3.5 startsTagline
IT'S BREEZY! IT'S ZIPPY! IT'S HILARIOUS!
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