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... (read more) 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, Rovi

Cast:

• Ginger Rogers
• Dennis Morgan
• Thelma Ritter
• Margalo Gillmore
• Anthony Ross
• Howard Freeman
• Alan Reed, Sr.
• Paul Ford
• Harry Bellaver
• George Chandler
• Frank Conlan
• Charles Meredith
• Frances Charles
• Marjorie Bennett
• Paul McVey
• Edith Evanson

Director(s):

Bretaigne Windust

Writer(s):

Edith R. Sommer, George Oppenheimer

Producer(s):

Jerry Wald