''A Guy, a Gal and a Pal'' is a 1945 American
comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...
romance film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...
directed by
Budd Boetticher
Oscar Boetticher Jr. ( ; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001), known as Budd Boetticher,
was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott.
Early life
Boet ...
(as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring
Ross Hunter and
Lynn Merrick.
[Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview
Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.]
Plot
A young woman devises a clever scheme to secure a train reservation by pretending to be married to a stranger.
Cast
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Ross Hunter as Jimmy Jones
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Lynn Merrick as Helen Carter
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Ted Donaldson as Butch
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George Meeker as Granville Breckenridge
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Jack Norton as Norton
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Will Stanton as Barclay
See also
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List of American films of 1945
References
External links
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''A Guy a Gal and a Pal''at
TCMDB
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1945 films
American comedy-drama films
1940s English-language films
1945 comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Budd Boetticher
1940s American films
English-language comedy-drama films
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