Make Your Own Bed
Guaranteed to make America laugh..It solves the servant problem but opens up a New LAFF problem!
Genres
Overview
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
82 min
Release Date
1944-06-10
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
5.8
Jack Carson
Jerry Curtis
Jane Wyman
Susan Courtney
Irene Manning
Vivian Whirtle
Alan Hale
Walter Whirtle
George Tobias
Boris Fenilise
Robert Shayne
Lester Knight
Tala Birell
Miss Marie Gruber
Ricardo Cortez
Wilson / Fritz Alden
Marjorie Hoshelle
Miss Elsa Wehmer
Kurt Katch
Herr von Ritter
Walter Bacon
Pedestrian
Leah Baird
John's Wife
Marie Blake
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Harry C. Bradley
Mr. Brookin
Gertrude Carr
Woman in Waiting Room
William B. Davidson
Mr. Linklater
Edgar Dearing
Sergeant
Ernest Hilliard
Man in Waiting Room
Robert Homans
Policeman
Fred Kelsey
Turnkey
Bill Kennedy
FBI Agent
George Kirby
Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
Barry Macollum
Employment Manager
Jack Mower
Chauffeur
Jack Norton
Drunk
Eddie Parks
Smith
Robert Robinson
Pedestrian
Harry Semels
Pedestrian
Charles Sherlock
Pedestrian Asking for Dime
Joan Winfield
Whirtle's Secretary
Clay Womack
Fat Man
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