A very funny screwball comedy with a refreshing idea behind it and equally sparkling performances. Powell and Loy are reunited in a film that has nothing at all to do with their highly successful THIN MAN series. Powell is a businessman whose wife, Loy, wants a divorce because Powell is
such a dour bore. While on a cruise, the drunken McHugh falls overboard, dragging Powell with him. When they are pulled from the water, Powell is thought to be a hero, but an oar cracks his head and he is jolted out of nine years of amnesia. We now discover (as does Powell) that he is not a
conservative businessman at all. It turns out that he was a wild con man often in trouble wit...
Released:
1940
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins