Man About Town

Man About Town

NR 1939 · 85 min · ★ 4.5 · Comedy, Music

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.

Directed by Mark Sandrich · Written by Morrie Ryskind

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Jack Benny Bob Temple
Dorothy Lamour Diana Wilson
Edward Arnold Sir John Arlington
Binnie Barnes Lady Arlington
Monty Woolley Henri Dubois
Isabel Jeans Mme. Dubois
Phil Harris Ted Nash
Betty Grable Susan Hayes
E. E. Clive Hotchkiss
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Rochester
Matty Malneck Matty Malneck
Cecil Kellaway Headwaiter (uncredited)

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