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.

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Make Your Own Bed (1944)

6/10/1944

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Guaranteed to make America laugh..It solves the servant problem but opens up a New LAFF problem!

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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.

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Cast
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Jack Carson

Jerry Curtis
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Jane Wyman

Susan Courtney
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Irene Manning

Vivian Whirtle
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Alan Hale

Walter Whirtle
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George Tobias

Boris Fenilise
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Robert Shayne

Lester Knight
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Tala Birell

Miss Marie Gruber
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Ricardo Cortez

Fritz Alden
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Marjorie Hoshelle

Elsa Wehmer
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Kurt Katch

Herr von Ritter
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Walter Bacon

Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Leah Baird

John's Wife (uncredited)
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Marie Blake

Woman Jerry Mistakes for Susan (uncredited)
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Harry C. Bradley

Mr. Brookin (uncredited)
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Gertrude Carr

Woman in Waiting Room (uncredited)
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William B. Davidson

Mr. Linklater (uncredited)
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Edgar Dearing

Sergeant (uncredited)
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Ernest Hilliard

Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
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Robert Homans

Policeman (uncredited)
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Fred Kelsey

Turnkey (uncredited)
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Bill Kennedy

FBI Agent (uncredited)
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George Kirby

Man in Waiting Room (uncredited)
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Barry Macollum

Employment Manager (uncredited)
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Jack Mower

Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Jack Norton

Drunk (uncredited)
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Eddie Parks

Smith (uncredited)
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Robert Robinson

Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Harry Semels

Pedestrian (uncredited)
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Charles Sherlock

Pedestrian Asking for Dime (uncredited)
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Joan Winfield

Whirtle's Secretary (uncredited)
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Clay Womack

Fat Man (uncredited)
Crew
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Peter Godfrey

Director
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Francis Swann

Writer
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Edmund Joseph

Writer
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Richard Weil

Writer
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Harvey J. O'Higgins

Writer
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Harriet Ford

Writer
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