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69% Critic Match
The More the Merrier
“The only picture with a DINGLE!”
6.9 / 10• 1943• 1h 44m•NR• English
ComedyRomance
Storyline
It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
Cast & Crew
Jean Arthur
Constance Milligan
Lead
Joel McCrea
Joe Carter
Charles Coburn
Benjamin Dingle
Richard Gaines
Charles J. Pendergast
Bruce Bennett
FBI Agent Evans
Frank Sully
FBI Agent Pike
Donald Douglas
FBI Agent Harding
Clyde Fillmore
Senator Noonan
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Stevens's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The More the Merrier is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
