The Smiling Ghost (1941)

Directors

Lewis Seiler

Cast

Alan Hale, Alberto Morin, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Halton, Clem Bevans, Creighton Hale, Frank Hagney, Frank Wilcox, Hank Mann, Helen Westley, Jack Mower, Lee Patrick, Vera Lewis, Wayne Morris

The story

The elderly Mrs. Bentley (Helen Westley) and her lawyer see a newspaper ad from an unemployed and unmarried engineer seeking work doing “anything legal.” The lawyer calls the engineer, Alexander “Lucky” Downing (Wayne Morris), and sets up a meeting, during which Lucky is offered $1000 to feign an engagement to Mrs. Bentley's granddaughter Elinor Bentley Fairchild (Alexis Smith) for one month.

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