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The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

MAY 13, 1943 · 104 MIN · DIR. GEORGE STEVENS

ComedyRomance

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.

Cast

  • Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur

    Constance Milligan

  • Joel McCrea

    Joel McCrea

    Joe Carter

  • Charles Coburn

    Charles Coburn

    Benjamin Dingle

  • Richard Gaines

    Richard Gaines

    Charles J. Pendergast

  • Bruce Bennett

    Bruce Bennett

    FBI Agent Evans

  • Frank Sully

    Frank Sully

    FBI Agent Pike

  • Donald Douglas

    Donald Douglas

    FBI Agent Harding

  • Clyde Fillmore

    Clyde Fillmore

    Senator Noonan

  • Stanley Clements

    Stanley Clements

    Morton Rodakiewicz

  • Sam Ash

    Sam Ash

    Committee Member (uncredited)

  • Don Barclay

    Don Barclay

    Drunk (uncredited)

  • Brandon Beach

    Shaving Gag (uncredited)

Crew

Screenplay

Richard Flournoy

Screenplay

Robert Russell

Screenplay

Lewis R. Foster

Screenplay

Frank Ross

Story

Robert Russell

Story

Frank Ross

Director of Photography

Ted Tetzlaff

Editor

Otto Meyer

Original Music Composer

Leigh Harline

Producer

George Stevens