A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

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A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
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Directed by Budd Boetticher
Screenplay by Gerald Drayson Adams
Story by Monte Brice
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring Ross Hunter
Lynn Merrick
George Meeker
CinematographyGlen Geno
Edited by Otto Meyer
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 8, 1945 (1945-03-08)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal is a 1945 American comedy-drama romance film directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) and starring Ross Hunter and Lynn Merrick. [1] [2]

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Plot

A young woman devises a clever scheme to secure a train reservation by pretending to be married to a stranger.

Cast

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References

  1. Axmaker, Sean (7 February 2006). "Ride Lonesome: The Career of Budd Boetticher". Senses of Cinema.
  2. Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.