Cocky, jug-eared and slit-eyed Clark Gable plays a tough, cynical, self-educated journalist called James Gannon who is asked to give a lecture to a night school journalism class, but when he sees teacher Erica Stone (Doris Day) he decides to enrol as a pupil under the name Jim Gallagher.
Pretty soon he’s the star of the class. But there’s a rival for Miss Gannon’s affections – a psychology professor called Dr Hugo Pine (Gig Young). Their rivalry leads to a memorable funny scene where the two men try to slip each other Mickey Finns at a nightclub so as to be alone with Erica.
Erica eventually learns Gannon’s true identity and breaks off their romance.
Mamie Van Doren plays Gannon’s perennial girlfriend Peggy DeFore, a nightclub entertainer.
James Gannon
Clark Gable Erica Stone
Doris Day Dr Hugo Pine
Gig Young Peggy DeFore
Mamie Van Doren Barney Kovac
Nick Adams Harold Miller
Peter Baldwin Katy Fuller
Marion Ross Roy
Charles Lane Guide
Jack Albertson J.R. Ballantyne
Florenz Ames Lloyd Crowley
Harry Antrim Edna Kovac
Vivian Nathan
James Gannon
