It's a Great Life

May 27, 1943

1h 12m

★ 7.5

TAKING HUGH FOR A RIDE... AND YOU FOR A JOY RIDE!

Overview

Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

It's a Great Life Trailers

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Cast

Blondie Bumstead

Penny Singleton

Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead

Arthur Lake

Alexander Bumstead

Larry Simms

Cookie Bumstead

Marjorie Ann Mutchie

Daisy

Timothy Brewster

Hugh Herbert

J.C. Dithers

Jonathan Hale

Alvin Fuddle

Danny Mummert

Collender Martin

Alan Dinehart

Bromley

Douglas Leavitt

Mailman

Irving Bacon

Reggie the Horse

Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. But Dithers has no time for any salary disputes: his construction firm is currently stuck with an unsaleable old mansion that is rumored to be haunted. To disprove this theory, Dithers asks the Bumstead family to spend a night in the crumbling old house, throwing a retinue of servants into the bargain.

6.0

Blondie on a Budget

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6.7

Blondie Plays Cupid

Oct 31, 1940

The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.

6.2

Blondie Goes Latin

Feb 27, 1941

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4.8

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Jan 9, 1947

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7.1

Blondie

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0.0

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6.3

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10.0

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5.8

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0.0

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6.7

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6.0

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0.0

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0.0

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