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directed and filmed by

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and written by John Larkin. The film stars George Montgomery,

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, J. Carrol Naish, Cobina Wright,

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and

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. It was released on July 11, 1941 by

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Plot

Unhappily married, John Worth Hyndman wants to leave his spouse and her father's company, Triton Realty, where he is a vice president. His wife Linda scoffs and says without his father-in-law, John wouldn't even be able to find a job digging ditches. Trying to calm down, taking a walk, John happens across a team of actual ditchdiggers from a

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project. He asks the foreman Manuel for a job, but Manuel is suspicious because John is well-dressed and turns him down. Manuel's daughter Osa advises John to change his appearance. In work clothes, digging voluntarily, John gets the job. Weeks go by without the workers knowing John's true identity. Osa falls in love with him. Upset by their living conditions at home, Manuel's family protests to the landlord, who is John's father-in-law T. J. Triton. Manuel, Osa and the others feel betrayed when they learn the truth. John wins back everyone's trust, makes Triton see the error of his ways and lets a happy Osa know that Linda has left him to get a divorce.

Cast

* George Montgomery as John Worth Hyndman *

as Osa * J. Carrol Naish as Manuel Lombroso * Cobina Wright as Linda Hyndman *

as Patrick Henry Lombroso *

as Teresa Lombroso *

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as T.J. Triton * Irving Bacon as Mr. Smedley *

Leonard Carey Leonard Carey (25 February 1887 – 11 September 1977) was an English character actor who very often played butlers in Hollywood films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was also active in television during the 1950s. He is perhaps best known f ...

as Flowers *

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as Magistrate * John T. Murray as Wardman

References

External links

* 1941 films 1940s English-language films 20th Century Fox films American drama films 1941 drama films Films directed by Ray McCarey American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{1940s-drama-film-stub