The More the Merrier
Released: May 13, 1943Runtime: 104 min
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
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Jean Arthur
as Connie Milligan
Joel Mccrea
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Charles Coburn
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Richard Gaines
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Bruce Bennett
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Frank Sully
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Donald Douglas
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Clyde Fillmore
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Stanley Clements
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David Alison
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