
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
Cast

Guy Madison
Eddie Tayloe

Diana Lynn
Perry Dunklin

James Dunn
Mike

Michael Chekhov
Gaboolian

Florence Bates
Mandy

Lionel Stander
Bellhop

William Frawley
Agent

Roscoe Karns
Officer Carmody

Margaret Hamilton
Ruby Cheever

Irene Ryan
Opal Cheever

Colin Campbell
MacWirther

Moyna MacGill
Pearl Cheever

Audie Murphy
Copy Boy

James Burke
Cop (uncredited)
Alvin Hammer
Bernie (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson
Sergeant (uncredited)

Mary Treen
Wife (uncredited)

Jesse White
Customer (uncredited)

Clem Bevans
Capt. Bjorn

Milicent Patrick
Water Nymph (uncredited)

Tom Dugan
Bartender (uncredited)

John Gallaudet
McGonical (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert
Lady (uncredited)

Erskine Sanford
Dr. Danson (uncredited)

Frank J. Scannell
Barker (uncredited)

Herb Vigran
Man in Subway (uncredited)
Crew

William Castle
Director

Lewis Meltzer
Screenplay
Barry Benefield
Story
James E. Newcom
Editor

William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Harold Godsoe
Assistant Director
Robert Golden
Producer
Lewis J. Rachmil
Associate Producer
William Dodds
Camera Operator
Mary Grant
Costume Design
Helen Lierly
Hairdresser
Mel Berns
Makeup Artist
John R. Carter
Sound
Arthur Lange
Music
George Sawley
Set Decoration
Madison S. Lacy
Still Photographer
Jack Herzberg
Script Supervisor
B.P. Jacques
Grip
Jerome Pycha Jr.
Art Direction
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