Perfect Strangers (1950)
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Synopsis of Perfect Strangers
The Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur Broadway comedy Ladies and Gentlemen formed the basis of the Warner Bros. laughspinner Perfect Strangers. The title characters are Terry Scott and David Campbell, played by Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan. She's a divorcee, he's a husband and father. Terry and David are thrown together by fate -- or rather, the LA judicial system. While serving as jurors on a murder trial, the two fall in love. Ironically, the woman on trial allegedly killed her husband because he'd asked for a divorce. The seriocomic tension develops on two levels: will juror Isobel Bradford (Margolo Gillmore) be able to sway the others to vote for the death penalty, and will Terry and David continue to pursue their romance at the expense of the happiness of others? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Perfect Strangers
- Ginger Rogers - Terry Scott
- Thelma Ritter - Lena Fassler
- Anthony Ross - Robert Fisher
- Alan Reed, Sr. - Harry Patullo
- Harry Bellaver - Bailiff
- Frank Conlan - John Brokaw
- Frances Charles - Eileen Marcher
- Paul McVey - District Attorney
- Whit Bissell - Defense Attorney
- Frank Cady - Geologist
- Donald Kerr - Busboy
- Pat Mitchell - Newsboy
- Joleen King - Nurse
- Michael Lally - Court Steno
- Richard Bartell - Weatherman
- Isabel Withers - Woman
- Ford Rainey - Ernest Craig
- Art Miles - Sheriff
- Charles Lind - Thomas Luscomb
- Ned Glass - O'Hanlon
- Boyd Davis - Judge
- Paul Dubov - Vonderheit
- Dennis Morgan - David Campbell
- Margalo Gillmore - Isobel Bradford
- Howard Freeman - Timkin
- Paul Ford - Judge Byron
- George Chandler - Lester Hubley
- Charles Meredith - Lyle Pettijohn
- Marjorie Bennett - Mrs. Moore
- Edith Evanson - Mary Travers
- Sumner Getchell - John Simon
- Creighton Hale - Reporter
- Frank Marlowe - Reporter
- Lou Marcelle - TV Announcer
- Ezelle Poule - Secretary
- Richard Kipling - Autopsy Surgeon
- Joe Kerr - Doctor
- Sarah Selby - Mrs. Wilson
- Hugh Murray - Minister
- Max Mellinger - Official
- Weldon Heyburn - Man
- Eddie Coke - Reporter
- Sidney Dubin - Chemist
- Director(s):
- Bretaigne Windust
- Writer(s):
- George Oppenheimer, Edith R. Sommer
- Producer(s):
- Jerry Wald
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