"When a gal who's got curves... meets a guy who's got angles... it's loving... laughing... living in a big way!" 10 June 1947 Comedy, Music 104 mins
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
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Gene Kelly as Leo Gogarty
Marie McDonald as Margo Morgan
Charles Winninger as D. Rutherford Morgan
Phyllis Thaxter as Peggy Randall
Spring Byington as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Jean Adair as Abigail Morgan
Clinton Sundberg as Everett Hanover Smythe
John Warburton as Skippy' Stuart Simms
William Phillips as Schultz
Bernadene Hayes as Dolly
John Alexander as Attorney Ambridge
Phyllis Kennedy as Annie Pearl, the Maid
Barbara Billingsley as G.I. Bill's Wife (uncredited)
Ellen Corby as Broken Arms' Sailors Wife (uncredited)
Margia Dean as Junior League Girl (uncredited)
Charles Lane as Hawkins (uncredited)
Jack D. Moore Set Decoration
Douglas Shearer Sound
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Shirley Barker Costume Design
Tom Andre Assistant Director
Irene Costume Design
Lennie Hayton Original Music Composer
William Ferrari Art Direction
Pandro S. Berman Producer
Ferris Webster Editor
Harold Rosson Director of Photography
Gregory La Cava Story
Irving Ravetch Writer
Gregory La Cava Screenplay
Gregory La Cava Director
United States 10 June 1947
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