The More the Merrier
“The only picture with a DINGLE!”
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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Cast
61 people
Jean Arthur
Constance Milligan
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
You Can't Take It with You
Joel McCrea
Joe Carter
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
Foreign Correspondent
Charles Coburn
Benjamin Dingle
Known for
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Lady Eve
Richard Gaines
Charles J. Pendergast
Known for
Double Indemnity
Ace in the Hole
Bruce Bennett
FBI Agent Evans
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Dark Passage
Frank Sully
FBI Agent Pike
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Silver Lode
Donald Douglas
FBI Agent Harding
Known for
Gilda
Murder, My Sweet
Clyde Fillmore
Senator Noonan
Known for
The Shanghai Gesture
The Scarlet Claw
Stanley Clements
Morton Rodakiewicz
Also in
Destination Murder
Spook Chasers
Sam Ash
Committee Member (uncredited)
Also in
Kiss and Make-Up
Devil Pays Off
Don Barclay
Drunk (uncredited)
Known for
Cinderella
Mary Poppins
Brandon Beach
Shaving Gag (uncredited)
Known for
Darby O'Gill and the Little People
George Stevens Director · Lewis R. Foster Screenplay Richard Flournoy Screenplay
Budget $878K · United States release May 13, 1943 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$878,000
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 13, 1943
Theatrical
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