Practically Yours

Practically Yours

THE SCREEN'S Practically Perfect COMEDY!

NR 1944 · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Romance

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen · Written by Norman Krasna

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Fred MacMurray Daniel Bellamy
Claudette Colbert Peggy Martin
Gil Lamb Albert W. Beagell
Cecil Kellaway Marvin P. Meglin
Robert Benchley Judge Robert Simpson
Tom Powers Commander Harry Harpe
Jane Frazee Jane Frazee - Vocalist
Rosemary DeCamp Ellen Macy
Isabel Randolph Mrs. Meglin
Mikhail Rasumny LaCrosse
Bobby Barber Man on Subway (uncredited)
Byron Barr Navigator (uncredited)

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