I Dood It

I Dood It

M-G-M's MADCAP MUSICAL COMEDY!

NR 1943 · 102 min · ★ 5.1 · Music, Comedy, Romance

Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.

Directed by Vincente Minnelli · Written by Fred Saidy

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Red Skelton Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
Eleanor Powell Miss Constance 'Connie' Shaw
Richard Ainley Larry West
Patricia Dane Suretta Brenton
Sam Levene Ed Jackson
Thurston Hall Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
Lena Horne Herself
Hazel Scott Herself
Jimmy Dorsey Himself (as Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra)
Helen O'Connell Herself
Bob Eberly Himself
John Hodiak Roy Hartwood

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