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Man About Town

Jun 29, 1939 · 1h 25m
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Comedy
Music

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Mark Sandrich

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures
Country
US

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