The More the Merrier (1943)

The only picture with a DINGLE!

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

Cast (61)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Jean Arthur

Constance Milligan

Joel McCrea

Joe Carter

Charles Coburn

Benjamin Dingle

Richard Gaines

Charles J. Pendergast

Bruce Bennett

FBI Agent Evans

Frank Sully

FBI Agent Pike

Donald Douglas

FBI Agent Harding

Clyde Fillmore

Senator Noonan

Stanley Clements

Morton Rodakiewicz

Sam Ash

Committee Member (uncredited)

Don Barclay

Drunk (uncredited)

B

Brandon Beach

Shaving Gag (uncredited)

B

Betzi Beaton

Miss Finch (uncredited)

Hank Bell

Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)

E

Edward Biby

Committee Member (uncredited)

Gladys Blake

Barmaid (uncredited)

L

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Secretary (uncredited)

S

Sally Cairns

Bathing Girl (uncredited)

J

Jack Carr

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington

Night Club Guest (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

L

Lew Davis

Man Entering Elevator (uncredited)

Ann Doran

Miss Bilby (uncredited)

E

Eddie Foster

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

J

Jack Gardner

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

S

Sugar Geise

Dancer (uncredited)

H

Hal Gerard

Second Statistician (uncredited)

N

Nancy Gray

Miss Chasen (uncredited)

H

Harrison Greene

Apartment Seeker (uncredited)

J

June Harris

Girl (uncredited)

Henry Hebert

Committee Member (uncredited)

R

Robert F. Hill

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Ernest Hilliard

Senator (uncredited)

Helen Holmes

Dumpy Woman (uncredited)

R

Russell Huestis

Night Club Guest (uncredited)

John Ince

Shaving Gag (uncredited)

F

Fred Johnson

Juggler (uncredited)

Jack W. Johnston

Night Club Guest (uncredited)

E

Edna Mae Jones

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Man Leaving Elevator (uncredited)

P

Pat Lane

Waiter (uncredited)

Frank LaRue

Senator in Taxi (uncredited)

Douglas Leavitt

Waiter (uncredited)

Kay Linaker

Miss Allen (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Singing Man on Apartment Stairway (uncredited)

B

Betty McMahon

Miss Geeskin (uncredited)

Shirley Patterson

Girl (uncredited)

Lon Poff

Sleeper (uncredited)

Hal Price

Bathing Man (uncredited)

B

Bertha Priestley

Fat Girl (uncredited)

F

Fred Rapport

Shaving Gag (uncredited)

H

Henry Roquemore

Washington Sun Reporter (uncredited)

Marshall Ruth

Fat Statistician (uncredited)

Ann Savage

Miss Dalton (uncredited)

B

Byron Shores

Air Corps Maj. Denton (uncredited)

Jean Stevens

Dancer (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

Diner Counterman (uncredited)

D

Diedra Vale

Fat Girl (uncredited)

D

David Ward

Waiter (uncredited)

Douglas Wood

Senator in Taxi (uncredited)

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