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The Lady Has Plans

The Lady Has Plans

1942Movie⏱️ 1h 17mApproved
Drama
6.6
IMDB Rating
241 votes

Spies tattoo secret blueprints on Rita's back, planning to sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. Rita guises as reporter Sidney but is delayed. Arriving first, the real Sidney is furious because everybody wants to see her bar...

Director
Sidney Lanfield
Writers
Harry Tugend, Leo Birinsky
Stars
Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Roland Young
Release Date
January 24, 1942
Language
English
Country
United States
🏆 2
Wins
💬 10
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Ray Milland
Ray Milland
as Kenneth Clarence Harper
Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard
as Sidney Royce
Roland Young
Roland Young
as Ronald Dean
Albert Dekker
Albert Dekker
as Baron Von Kemp
Margaret Hayes
Margaret Hayes
as Rita Lenox
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway
as Peter Miles
Addison Richards
Addison Richards
as Paul Baker
Edward Norris
Edward Norris
as Frank Richards
Charles Arnt
Charles Arnt
as Pooly
Hans Schumm
Hans Schumm
as 1st German

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

phone boothscrewball comedyfbi federal bureau of investigationamerican newspaper reporterhotel chambermaid

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Screwball Comedy of Espionage
by guil122001-10-20
10/10

"I loved this film. It's hard to get and/or see on TV these days, as many 40s films are. It stars, once again, the unbeatable combination of two of Paramount's top comedy stars, Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard. Goddard the gorgeous, I call her. She wears very luscious clothes and looks fantastic in them. The plot is mistaken identity and Paulette is the one who is being sought. She supposedly has plans of some sort of government secret tattooed in invisible ink on her back. The fun of the film is in all those villains attempting to get Goddard unrobed and catch a gander at the..."

💡 Did You Know?

First of four screen pairings of Paulette Goddard and Ray Milland as headliners, being followed by Reap the Wild Wind (1942), The Crystal Ball (1943), and Kitty (1945): Goddard and Milland were also both featured in the Paramount specialty film Star Spangled Rhythm (1942). Milland was slated to be Goddard's leading man in Bride of Vengeance (1949) but refused the role.

📖 Synopsis

Spies tattoo secret blueprints on Rita's back, planning to sell them to the highest bidder in Lisbon. Rita guises as reporter Sidney but is delayed. Arriving first, the real Sidney is furious because everybody wants to see her bar...