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Pillow to Post is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Vincent Sherman released in USA on 9 june 1945 with Ida Lupino
Pillow to Post (1945)
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Add to a movie listPillow to Post is a 1945 romantic comedy film set in World War II. It stars Ida Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet and William Prince, and is based on the play Pillar to Post by Rose Simon Kohn. A tired traveling saleswoman goes to great lengths to find a place to sleep.
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Socialite Jean Howard (Ida Lupino) is stirred to patriotism and eager to help the war effort. When she overhears her father, J. R. Howard (an uncredited Paul Harvey), complain that the military has taken all of the salesmen of his oil rig supply company, she volunteers to take their place. J. R. gives in, though he reminds her that she has never worked a day in her life.Actors
Ida Lupino
(Jean Howard)
Sydney Greenstreet
(Colonel Michael Otley)
William Prince
(Lieutenant Don Mallory)
Stuart Erwin
(Captain Jack Ross)
Ruth Donnelly
(Mrs. Grace Wingate)
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