Story Line
A 65-year-old printer hatches an elaborate scheme to avoid forced retirement.
“A THOUSAND CHEERS FOR THE NATION'S HAPPY-AS-A-LARK FAMILY!”
Top Cast
Monty Woolley
John R. Hodges
Thelma Ritter
Della Hodges
David Wayne
Joe Elliott
Jean Peters
Alice Hodges
Constance Bennett
Lucille McKinley
Marilyn Monroe
Harriet
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Rating
6.4/ 10
Release Date
1951-06-15
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Comedy
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User Reviews (2)
talisencrw
8/10
•1/14/2016I really enjoyed this fine screwball comedy, from a very clever story by Paddy Chayefsky, about a man forced to retire from a beloved printing job because he turned 65. He decides to go straight to the president to question the ageist policy, discove...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•11/17/2024Print worker "Hodges" (Monty Woolley) isn't best impressed when he is made redundant at the age of 65. The thought of sitting in the park playing dominoes with his contemporaries scares him rigid, so he concocts quite a clever plan to impersonate the...