The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

The only picture with a DINGLE!

1943 · 104 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy, Romance

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

Directed by George Stevens · Written by Frank Ross

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Jean Arthur Constance Milligan
Joel McCrea Joe Carter
Charles Coburn Benjamin Dingle
Richard Gaines Charles J. Pendergast
Bruce Bennett FBI Agent Evans
Frank Sully FBI Agent Pike
Donald Douglas FBI Agent Harding
Clyde Fillmore Senator Noonan
Stanley Clements Morton Rodakiewicz
Sam Ash Committee Member (uncredited)
Don Barclay Drunk (uncredited)
Brandon Beach Shaving Gag (uncredited)

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