***SPOILERS*** Cute little post WWII comedy with a drop dead gorgeous strawberry, instead of the usual platinum, blond looking Marilyn Monroe as US Army WAC Bobbie Stevens the former army buddy of Jim Scott, William Lundigan. Bobbie's looking to rent a room from Jim at his Gramacy Park apartment building in Manhattan that's about to be condemned by the city. If things weren't bad enough for Jim's wife Connie, June Haver, the fact that Bobbie was now living under the same roof with her and Jim made things even worse for her!
Despite the eye candy that Marilyn Monore as Bobbie Stevens provided in the film it's Frank Fay as con artist Charley Patterson who really made things interesting in the movie. The smooth talking and sophisticated Charley, the worlds greatest lover as he modestly calls himself, has been stiffing rich old ladies or widows of their cash for the last 15 years by first marrying and then checking out on them; With their both stock & bond portfolios and bank accounts.
Despertly needing $800.00 to fix up the apartment building to prevent it from being condemned Charley graciously gives the Scott's the money with them not knowing that it's part of his ill gotten gains he stiffed his former and deserted wives out of. Things come to a head later in the film with the NYPD FBI, not the IRS since Charley always paid his taxes, as well as some dozen screaming and hysterical ex-wives of his track Charley down at the Scott's apartment building. In an effort to make a deal with he D.A's office Charley fingers Jim as his accomplice in his crimes in that he gave him the stolen $800.00!
***SPOILERS*** As things soon turned out Charley wasn't the heel that we all thought he was in getting Jim in a prison cell together with him for the night! By giving Jim a both frustrated writer as well as landlord the scoop about his life of crime, and affairs with countless women, had the down on his luck landlord end up getting out of debt! That's with the book Jim ended up writing about Charley becoming a super best seller! As for Charley he did his time behind bars and came out a new and far more honest and family man for it.
P.S Look for a pre night-time talk show host pioneer Jack Parr, who's par for the course and role in the movie, as wise cracking lawyer and good friend of the Scott's Ed Forbes. Ed was the only guy, in him being the only single man in the film's cast, to make a play for Bobbie without feeling guilty, who the hell single or married would, about it!
Despite the eye candy that Marilyn Monore as Bobbie Stevens provided in the film it's Frank Fay as con artist Charley Patterson who really made things interesting in the movie. The smooth talking and sophisticated Charley, the worlds greatest lover as he modestly calls himself, has been stiffing rich old ladies or widows of their cash for the last 15 years by first marrying and then checking out on them; With their both stock & bond portfolios and bank accounts.
Despertly needing $800.00 to fix up the apartment building to prevent it from being condemned Charley graciously gives the Scott's the money with them not knowing that it's part of his ill gotten gains he stiffed his former and deserted wives out of. Things come to a head later in the film with the NYPD FBI, not the IRS since Charley always paid his taxes, as well as some dozen screaming and hysterical ex-wives of his track Charley down at the Scott's apartment building. In an effort to make a deal with he D.A's office Charley fingers Jim as his accomplice in his crimes in that he gave him the stolen $800.00!
***SPOILERS*** As things soon turned out Charley wasn't the heel that we all thought he was in getting Jim in a prison cell together with him for the night! By giving Jim a both frustrated writer as well as landlord the scoop about his life of crime, and affairs with countless women, had the down on his luck landlord end up getting out of debt! That's with the book Jim ended up writing about Charley becoming a super best seller! As for Charley he did his time behind bars and came out a new and far more honest and family man for it.
P.S Look for a pre night-time talk show host pioneer Jack Parr, who's par for the course and role in the movie, as wise cracking lawyer and good friend of the Scott's Ed Forbes. Ed was the only guy, in him being the only single man in the film's cast, to make a play for Bobbie without feeling guilty, who the hell single or married would, about it!