Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

87 mins | Comedy | Oct. 20, 1949

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

87 mins | Comedy | Oct. 20, 1949

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Directors Carl Hiecke, Lloyd Bacon
Writers Everett Freeman, Devery Freeman, Frank Tashlin, Nat Perrin

Cast

Lucille Ball

as Ellen Grant

William Holden

as Dick Richmond

Janis Carter

as Peggy Donato

James Gleason

as Timothy Gleason

Gloria Henry

as Helen White

Frank McHugh

as Kilcoyne

George Cleveland

as Judge Grant

Stephen Dunne

as Ralph Winton

Wanda Perry

as Ruth (uncredited)

Roy Roberts

as Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Roscoe Johnson (uncredited)