The main reason to see this film is to marvel at the superior comedic timing of Thelma Ritter in a role that earned her the second of an unprecedented six Oscar nominations as Best Supporting Actress. Lund is a wage slave at a factory when he meets Tierney, a wealthy young woman who knows
everyone and who feels equally at home dancing with an ambassador or with Lund, the man she falls for and marries. Ritter is Lund's mother, a no-nonsense woman who runs a hamburger stand until the bank forecloses on her. She hitchhikes to see her son and his new wife and arrives the night that the
young couple are having their first party. Mistaken as domestic help, she quickly si...
Released:
1951
Rated:
NR
Length:
101 mins