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Premise

The surprise appearance of four corpses interferes with a beer baron's plans to crash high society.

Synopsis

When the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution is repealed, a former prohibition baron, Remy Marko (Broderick Crawford), decides to get honest and ventures into the legal production and marketing of beer. The poor quality of his production leads him to bankruptcy, and he finds himself in conflict with these creditors. To make matters worse, his daughter, Marko Mary (Virginia Gibson), intends to marry policeman Chance Whitelaw (Bill Hayes), heir to a wealthy family. To look good, Remy Marko and his wife Nora (Claire Trevor) organize a reception in a rich hotel in Saratoga. But the party is disrupted by the death of four gangsters, murdered by Innocent (Harry Morgan), a mobster working for the creditors who are in pursuit of Remy. The latter must juggle between his family, his daughter's future marriage, his bankrupt business and the police investigation in order to save his new image.

Cast

as Remy Marko *

as Nora Marko *

Virginia Gibson Virginia Gibson (born Virginia Gorski; April 9, 1925 – April 25, 2013) was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theatre. Early years Of Polish and Irish lineage, Gibson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo ...

as Mary Marko * Bill Hayes as Chancellor 'Chance' Whitelaw *

Margaret Dumont Margaret Dumont (born Daisy Juliette Baker; October 20, 1882 – March 6, 1965) was an American stage and film actress. She is best remembered as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically ...

as Mrs. Harriet Whitelaw

Production notes

Production Dates: mid-June to late August, 1952 Based on the 1935 play by

Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short-story writer. He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To ...

and

Howard Lindsay Howard Lindsay, born Herman Nelke, (March 29, 1889 – February 11, 1968) was an American playwright, librettist, director, actor and theatrical producer. He is best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse ...

. Warner Bros. previously had adapted Runyon and Lindsay's play into a 1938 film under the play's title, starring

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