Accent on Love

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Accent on Love
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ray McCarey
Screenplay by John Larkin
Story by Dalton Trumbo
Produced byRalph Dietrich
Walter Morosco
Starring George Montgomery
Osa Massen
J. Carrol Naish
Cobina Wright
Stanley Clements
Minerva Urecal
Cinematography Charles G. Clarke
Edited by Harry Reynolds
Music by Cyril J. Mockridge
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • July 11, 1941 (1941-07-11)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Accent on Love is a 1941 American drama film directed and filmed by Ray McCarey and written by John Larkin. The film stars George Montgomery, Osa Massen, J. Carrol Naish, Cobina Wright, Stanley Clements and Minerva Urecal. It was released on July 11, 1941 by 20th Century-Fox. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Unhappily married, John Worth Hyndman wants to leave his spouse and her father's company, Triton Realty, where he is a vice president. His wife Linda scoffs and says without his father-in-law, John wouldn't even be able to find a job digging ditches.

Trying to calm down, taking a walk, John happens across a team of actual ditchdiggers from a WPA project. He asks the foreman Manuel for a job, but Manuel is suspicious because John is well-dressed and turns him down. Manuel's daughter Osa advises John to change his appearance. In work clothes, digging voluntarily, John gets the job.

Weeks go by without the workers knowing John's true identity. Osa falls in love with him. Upset by their living conditions at home, Manuel's family protests to the landlord, who is John's father-in-law T. J. Triton.

Manuel, Osa and the others feel betrayed when they learn the truth. John wins back everyone's trust, makes Triton see the error of his ways and lets a happy Osa know that Linda has left him to get a divorce.

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