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Practically Yours (1944)

THE SCREEN'S Practically Perfect COMEDY!

Genre : Comedy

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Mitchell Leisen

Synopsis

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.

Actors

Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
Daniel Bellamy
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Peggy Martin
Gil Lamb
Gil Lamb
Albert W. Beagell
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway
Marvin P. Meglin
Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley
Judge Robert Simpson
Tom Powers
Tom Powers
Commander Harry Harpe
Jane Frazee
Jane Frazee
Jane Frazee - Vocalist
Rosemary DeCamp
Rosemary DeCamp
Ellen Macy
Rosemary DeCamp
Rosemary DeCamp
Mrs. Meglin
Mikhail Rasumny
Mikhail Rasumny
LaCrosse
Bobby Barber
Bobby Barber
Man on Subway (uncredited)
Byron Barr
Byron Barr
Navigator (uncredited)
Hugh Beaumont
Hugh Beaumont
Film-Cutter (uncredited)
Maurice Costello
Maurice Costello
Senate Stenographer (uncredited)
Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo
Office Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Eddie Hall
PBY Radio Man (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Edwin Maxwell
Radio Official (uncredited)
Will Wright
Will Wright
Sen. Cowling (uncredited)

Crews

Mitchell Leisen
Mitchell Leisen
Director
Norman Krasna
Norman Krasna
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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