Perfect Strangers (1950)
The met by chance -and once they kissed, they knew they never should have...!
Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.
- Date of release
- 1950-03-11
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Bretaigne Windust
Casting
- Ginger Rogers — Terry Scott
- Dennis Morgan — David Campbell
- Thelma Ritter — Lena Fassler
- Margalo Gillmore — Isobel Bradford
- Anthony Ross — Bob Fisher
- Howard Freeman — Arthur Timkin
- Alan Reed — Harry Patullo
- Paul Ford — Judge Byron
- Harry Bellaver — Court Bailiff
- George Chandler — Lester Hubley
- Frank Conlan — John Brokaw
- Charles Meredith — Lyle Pettijohn
Interesting facts
Perfect Strangers, also released as Too Dangerous to Love in some territories, is a 1950 American comedy-drama film directed by Bretaigne Windust. Edith Sommer wrote the screenplay from an adaptation written by George Oppenheimer, based on the 1939 play Ladies and Gentlemen by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht. The film stars Ginger Rogers and Dennis Morgan as two jurors who fall in love while sequestered during a murder trial. Thelma Ritter, Margalo Gillmore and Anthony Ross appear in supporting roles.
Production
Production took place from late June to early August 1949. The film marked a reunion between Rogers and Morgan, who had previously costarred as lovers in the highly successful Kitty Foyle. Margalo Gillmore was a friend of Ladies and Gentleman writers Hecht and MacArthur.
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