starring Fred Astaire, Lucile Bremer, Frank Morgan
directed by Vincente Minnelli
108 minutes
Yolanda Acquaviva (Lucille Bremer) returns from the convent where she has lived and attended school for several years. She is now old enough to take control of the assets she inherited from her parents. She fears the responsibility and winds up signing over control of all her money to con man Johnny Riggs (Fred Astaire). He has fooled her into thinking that he is her guardian angel. Johnny starts to have second thoughts after it looks like he and Victor Trout (Frank Morgan), his partner in crime, are going to successfully get away with Yolanda's family fortune.
This film was not a success. It lost a lot of money. It's kind of wacky but I enjoyed it. I liked the dance numbers, especially the dream ballet and Coffee Time. It's far from perfect but that's okay by me. The weirdness of it brought a smile to my face on multiple occasions.
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