Mr. Lucky (1943)
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
Top billed cast
Cary GrantJoe Adams
Laraine DayDorothy Bryant
Charles BickfordHard Swede
Gladys CooperCaptain Veronica Steadman
Alan CarneyCrunk
Henry StephensonMr. Bryant
Paul StewartZepp
Kay JohnsonMrs. Mary Ostrander
Erford GageHenchman
Walter KingsfordCommissioner Hargraves
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