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Rings on Her Fingers
she kissed him out of his life's savings... but the poor guy loved it
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
- Original title
- Rings on Her Fingers
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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CinemaSerf
Apr 4, 2022 · via TMDB
Laird Cregar ("Worthington") rather steals this over-complicated crime caper as together with his benign-looking wife "Maybelle" manage to coax the naive, but willing, "Susan" (Gene Tierney) onto a sting operation. Their mark is the gullible "Wheeler" (Henry Fonda). Their swindling all goes nicely to plan, double-selling him yacht for $15,000 but shortly afterwards the gal starts to fall in love with her new beau, and complications set in... It's an OK film this, but there isn't much chemistry between Tierney and a distinctly lukewarm Fonda. There is also far too much dialogue and the pace of the whole thing makes it hard for it to find any rhythm. It's interesting to see Miss Byington in a slightly less flightly role, but otherwise this is just a routine vehicle for two stars that offers little of distinction for just over 90 minutes.
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Gene Tierney
Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
Henry Fonda
John Wheeler
Spring Byington
Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Laird Cregar
Warren
Shepperd Strudwick
Tod Fenwick
Frank Orth
Kellogg
Henry Stephenson
Colonel Prentiss
Marjorie Gateson
Mrs. Fenwick
George Lessey
Fenwick Sr.
Iris Adrian
Peggy
Harry Hayden
Conductor
William Benedict
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Sarah Edwards
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Thurston Hall
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Clara Blandick
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Charles Cahill Wilson
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Edgar Norton
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George Lloyd
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Kathryn Sheldon
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Frank Sully
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Poppy Wilde
Mannequin
Rouben Mamoulian
Director
Barbara McLean
Editor
Leigh Harline
Music
Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
The Hustler
Carol
Babylon
Gremlins
Serendipity
Mannequin
She's the Man
Bad Santa
Everyone Says I Love You
Poolhall Junkies
Criminal
The Producers
Odette Toulemonde
Employee of the Month
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
The Women
The Creep Behind the Camera
Blonde and Blonder
The Little Panda Fighter
Tazza
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Music Man
Pillow Talk
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
What a Way to Go!
Mr. Lucky
Lover Come Back
The Gay Divorcee
Overboard
Indiscreet
Sex and the Single Girl
Good Neighbor Sam
Confessions of a Shopaholic
The Secret of My Success
Let's Make Love
The Grass Is Greener
The Associate
Housesitter
For Love or Money
Beauty & the Briefcase
Mar 20, 1942
