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Miss Grant Takes Richmond

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Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Oct 20, 1949

1h 27m

★ 5.2

She was never so insulted in all her life...and it was wonderful!

Overview

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Lucille Ball

Ellen Grant

Lucille Ball

William Holden

Dick Richmond

William Holden

Janis Carter

Peggy Donato

Janis Carter

James Gleason

Timothy Gleason

James Gleason

Gloria Henry

Helen White

Gloria Henry

Frank McHugh

Kilcoyne

Frank McHugh

George Cleveland

Judge Grant

George Cleveland

Stephen Dunne

Ralph Winton

Stephen Dunne

Wanda Perry

Ruth (uncredited)

Wanda Perry

Roy Roberts

Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)

Roy Roberts

Will Wright

Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)

Will Wright

Eddie Acuff

Bus Driver (uncredited)

Eddie Acuff