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Feature film — 1943

The More the Merrier (1943)

6.91h 44mComedy — Romance

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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A high-signal pick with 105 votes.

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Director: George Stevens

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Cast & crew

Jean Arthur as Constance Milligan

Jean Arthur

Constance Milligan

Joel McCrea as Joe Carter

Joel McCrea

Joe Carter

Charles Coburn as Benjamin Dingle

Charles Coburn

Benjamin Dingle

Richard Gaines as Charles J. Pendergast

Richard Gaines

Charles J. Pendergast

Bruce Bennett as FBI Agent Evans

Bruce Bennett

FBI Agent Evans

Frank Sully as FBI Agent Pike

Frank Sully

FBI Agent Pike

Donald Douglas as FBI Agent Harding

Donald Douglas

FBI Agent Harding

Clyde Fillmore as Senator Noonan

Clyde Fillmore

Senator Noonan

Stanley Clements as Morton Rodakiewicz

Stanley Clements

Morton Rodakiewicz

Sam Ash as Committee Member (uncredited)

Sam Ash

Committee Member (uncredited)

Don Barclay as Drunk (uncredited)

Don Barclay

Drunk (uncredited)

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Brandon Beach

Shaving Gag (uncredited)

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