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Just This Once

Name: Just This Once
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1952-02-27
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 4.4

★ 4,4 /10 (5 Votes)

1952 EN 91 min

Overview

An heir of a vast fortune is deeply in debt because he spends faster than his very generous trust fund allows. There is a battle of wills between his selfish spendthrift was and the money manager which is is forced/tricked into appointing.

Release date

27/02/1952

Votes

Popularity

1.4

M-G-M's screamingly funny romance!

Genres

Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

91 min

Janet Leigh

Lucy Duncan

Peter Lawford

Mark MacLene IV

Lewis Stone

Judge Samuel Coulter

Marilyn Erskine

Gertrude Crome

Richard Anderson

Tom Winters

Douglas Fowley

Frank Pirosh

Phyllis Kirk

Young Lover on Ferry

Hanley Stafford

Mr. Blackwell

Jerry Hausner

Stanley Worth

Benny Rubin

Herbert Engel

John Eldredge

Commander Denham

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Alvin Greenman

Archie

Joseph Mell

Mr. Green

Ida Moore

Mrs. Morgan

William Phillips

Caddie Horace Melnick

Emerson Treacy

Mr. Black

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Bill Welsh

Mr. Sanford

Dave Willock

Caddie Ralph Roberts

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Victor Wood

William

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Mark MacLene IV (Lawford) is in huge debt despite being the beneficiary of a vast trust fund. He is simply a spendthrift. Lucy Duncan (Leigh)is a young lawyer fighting for every penny which her working class clients are owed. The trustee hires Lucy to manage Mark's finances, believing that she has the tenacity to get Mark into financial control. It is a battle of titans. During and after the Great Depression, Warner Brothers produced a number of films which viewed the rich in a negative light. This film appears to be one of number of MGM films which puts the rich in a more favourable light.…

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