Repent at Leisure
DramaRomance
A young man unknowingly falls for the boss' daughter.
Director
Frank Woodruff
Writers
Jerome Cady, James Gow, Arnaud d'Usseau
Stars
Kent Taylor, Wendy Barrie, George Barbier
Release Date
April 4, 1941
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Kent Taylor
as Richard Hughes
Wendy Barrie
as Emily Baldwin
George Barbier
as R.C. Baldwin
Thurston Hall
as Jay Buckingham
Charles Lane
as Clarence Morgan
Nella Walker
as Sally Baldwin
Rafael Alcayde
as Prince Paul Stephanie
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Ruth Dietrich
as Miss Flynn
Cecil Cunningham
as Mrs. Morgan
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
as Rufe
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
🏷️ Keywords
fallman
🎯 Categories
DramaRomance
⭐ Featured Review
Well-Done Fluff
"Thanks largely to the insouciant script by Jerome Cady, the well-done comic direction by Frank Woodruff (who'd scored at the same studio a year before with the similarly themed "Cross-Country Romance") and the charm of Wendy Barrie in the female lead, this is a better-than-average "B" with some genuinely imaginative moments. It's basically an "It Happened One Night" knockoff, but with variations that give it a unique appeal. Kent Taylor's queeny performance as the young store clerk obsessed with "success" books (including those Harold Lloy..."
💡 Did You Know?
The title refers to an old English proverb - "Marry in haste, repent at leisure".
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📖 Synopsis
A young man unknowingly falls for the boss' daughter.