Make Your Own Bed

Make Your Own Bed

82 mins | Comedy | June 10, 1944

Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.

Make Your Own Bed

82 mins | Comedy | June 10, 1944

Make Your Own Bed
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Make Your Own Bed
Directors Lester D. Guthrie, Peter Godfrey
Writers Harriet Ford, Harvey J. O'Higgins, Francis Swann, Richard Weil, Edmund Joseph

Cast

Jack Carson

as Jerry Curtis

Jane Wyman

as Susan Courtney

Irene Manning

as Vivian Whirtle

Alan Hale

as Walter Whirtle

George Tobias

as Boris Fenilise

Robert Shayne

as Lester Knight

Tala Birell

as Miss Marie Gruber

Ricardo Cortez

as Wilson / Fritz Alden

Marjorie Hoshelle

as Miss Elsa Wehmer

Kurt Katch

as Herr von Ritter

Walter Bacon

as Pedestrian

Leah Baird

as John's Wife

Marie Blake

as Woman Jerry Mistakes for Susan

Harry C. Bradley

as Mr. Brookin

Gertrude Carr

as Woman in Waiting Room

William B. Davidson

as Mr. Linklater

Edgar Dearing

as Sergeant

Ernest Hilliard

as Man in Waiting Room

Robert Homans

as Policeman

Fred Kelsey

as Turnkey

Bill Kennedy

as FBI Agent

George Kirby

as Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)

Barry Macollum

as Employment Manager

Jack Mower

as Chauffeur

Jack Norton

as Drunk

Eddie Parks

as Smith

Robert Robinson

as Pedestrian

Harry Semels

as Pedestrian

Charles Sherlock

as Pedestrian Asking for Dime

Joan Winfield

as Whirtle's Secretary

Clay Womack

as Fat Man