Let's Make It Legal (1951)
- Starring:
- Claudette Colbert, MacDonald Carey, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Sale
- Category:
- Romance
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Let's Make It Legal begins at the end--the end of the long marriage between beautiful grandmother Miriam (Claudette Colbert) and her chronic-gambler husband Hugh (Macdonald Carey). Barbara (Barbara Bates), the daughter of the couple, hopes to bring her parents back together, which proves to be a difficult proposition when Miriam's old flame Victor (Zachary Scott), now a millionaire, arrives in town. Hugh tries all sorts of comic strategies to win his ex-wife back, but to no avail. Ultimately, Miriam must choose between the financially solvent Victor and the impishly irresponsible Hugh. This being a comedy, it isn't hard to figure who's going to be headed to the altar at fade-out time. Let's Make It Legal was partly designed to showcase two of Fox's up-and-coming contract players: Robert Wagner and Marilyn Monroe. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 76 mins
Complete Cast:
- Claudette Colbert - Miriam Denham
- Zachary Scott - Victor Macfarland
- Robert Wagner - Jerry Denham
- Frank Cady - Ferguson
- Carol Savage - Miss Jessup
- Vicki Raaf - Hugh's Secretary
- Harry Denny - Hotel Manager
- Betty Jane Bowan - Secretary
- Jack Mather - Policeman
- Wilson Wood - Reporter
- Abe Dinovitch - Laborer
- Beverly Thompson - Reporter
- Kathleen Freeman - Reporter
- MacDonald Carey - Hugh Halsworth
- Barbara Bates - Barbara Denham
- Marilyn Monroe - Joyce
- Jim Hayward - Gardener
- Paul Gerrits - Milkman
- Ralph Sanford - Police Lieutenant
- Harry Harvey - Postman
- Roger Moore - Reporter
- James Magill - Reporter
- Renny McEvoy
- Frank Sully - Laborer
- Michael Ross - Policeman
- Director(s):
- Richard Sale
- Writer(s):
- Frederick Hugh Herbert, I.A.L. Diamond
- Producer(s):
- Robert Bassler
- Categories:
- Romance
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