Without Reservations

Without Reservations

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NR 1946 · 107 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy, Romance

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · Written by Andrew Solt

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Claudette Colbert Kit Madden
John Wayne Rusty Thomas
Don DeFore Dink Watson
Anne Triola Connie Callaghan
Thurston Hall Henry Baldwin
Frank Puglia Ortega
Dona Drake Dolores Ortega
Fernando Alvarado Mexican Boy
Charles Arnt Salesman
Louella Parsons Louella Parsons
Lela Bliss Bertha Randall (uncredited)
Harry Hayden Harry Randall (uncredited)

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