Practically Yours

Practically Yours

90 mins | Comedy | Dec. 20, 1944

In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.

Practically Yours

90 mins | Comedy | Dec. 20, 1944

Practically Yours
In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, and then is misquoted in the press as fondly remembering his days back home walking his dog Piggy. Instead of his dog Piggy he is thought to be in love with Peggy, a girl he worked with. The usual farce ensues after he returns home alive and tries to play along with the mistake to save embarrassment for all.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Paramount
Original title Practically Yours
Directors Mitchell Leisen
Writers Norman Krasna

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Daniel Bellamy

Claudette Colbert

as Peggy Martin

Gil Lamb

as Albert W. Beagell

Cecil Kellaway

as Marvin P. Meglin

Robert Benchley

as Judge Robert Simpson

Tom Powers

as Commander Harry Harpe

Jane Frazee

as Jane Frazee - Vocalist

Rosemary DeCamp

as Ellen Macy

Isabel Randolph

as Mrs. Meglin

Mikhail Rasumny

as LaCrosse

Bobby Barber

as Man on Subway (uncredited)

Byron Barr

as Navigator (uncredited)

Hugh Beaumont

as Film-Cutter (uncredited)

Maurice Costello

as Senate Stenographer (uncredited)

Yvonne De Carlo

as Office Clerk (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as PBY Radio Man (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell

as Radio Official (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Sen. Cowling (uncredited)