Directed by:
Mitchell LeisenScreenplay:
Preston SturgesCinematography:
Ted TetzlaffCast:
Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni, Mary Nash, Franklin Pangborn, Barlowe Borland, William Demarest, Esther Dale, Andrew Tombes (more)Plots(1)
Mary Smith (Arthur) is a poor working girl who literally has a fortune dropped in her lap when a wealthy financier (Edward Arnold) tosses a sable coat out a window and it lands on her. Everyone automatically assumes she's his mistress, and soon her fairytale-like rags-to-riches lifestyle threatens a very real romance with an inept waiter (Milland). (official distributor synopsis)
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