The Girl from Manhattan

Oct 1, 1948

1h 21m

★ 5.0

Dottie's on the road to laughter again!

Overview

A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his boarding house to the hilt. In her efforts to help him keep his boarding house, she becomes involved with a handsome young minister and his superior, an older bishop.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Benedict Bogeaus Production

Charing Cross Productions

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Cast

Carol Maynard

Dorothy Lamour

Rev. Tom Walker

George Montgomery

The Bishop

Charles Laughton

Homer Purdy

Ernest Truex

Aaron Goss

Hugh Herbert

Mrs. Brooke

Constance Collier

Mr. Bernouti

William Frawley

Mrs. Beeler

Sara Allgood

Oscar Newsome

Frank Orth

Sam Griffin

Howard Freeman

Wilbur J. Birth

Raymond Largay

Monty

George Chandler

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