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To Please a Lady

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Years after leaving the military, fallen Marine Mike Brannan (Clark Gable) has become a notorious midget-car racer. When writer Regina Forbes (Barbara Stanwyck) hears that Brannan's dangerous moves have led to the death of an opponent, she jumps at the chance to cover the story. After Forbes skewers Brannan's recklessness in print, he is banned from the midget league. But as a disgraced Brannan turns to stunt driving to make a living, Forbes finds herself falling for her scrappy subject.
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Bob Thomas Associated Press 07/29/2019
Except tor some good racing scenes, there is little excitement in this story of the tough driver and the lady columnist. It has all been done too many times before. Go to Full Review Moira Walsh America Magazine 07/15/2021
What develops out of this hate-at-first-sight is rich with the clichés of the phony-glamor school of movie-making, and the principals appeared to find it just as embarrassing as will an adult audience. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/26/2009
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It's not worth much as melodrama, but the action sequences are highly entertaining. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D 06/22/2023 It should have been better but with these two it is hard not to have fun. See more SwissMD 01/10/2022 Fun racing romance with Gable and Stanwyck. Worth a watch, particularly if you like the leads or auto racing. Plus it's the movie that taught Gizmo how to drive. See more 01/06/2013 I can't decide which was my favourite part: when Gable slaps then forcefully kisses Stanwyck or later on when Stanwyck gleefully says " you wanna hit me again?!" as a form of flirtation. Why are all of the women in Gable pictures such morons? Even the great racing sequences can't make up for the casual misogyny or general dopiness of the story. See more 12/12/2012 good chem between stanwyck and gable. See more 09/05/2010 This movie has it's moments, but overall it's just another predictable love story with a bit of race car driving to make it exciting. See more 08/26/2010 Okay, maybe this movie is a little bit corny, but I can't help it. I love it. I think Gable and Stanwyck actually have good chemistry. Her steeliness is a good foil to his magnetism. She plays wealthy and glamorous (again) and he plays reckless and dashing rogue. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Clarence Brown

Director

Clark Gable

Mike Brannan

Barbara Stanwyck

Regina Forbes

Adolphe Menjou

Gregg

Roland Winters

Dwight Barrington

Will Geer

Jack Mackay
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Synopsis Years after leaving the military, fallen Marine Mike Brannan (Clark Gable) has become a notorious midget-car racer. When writer Regina Forbes (Barbara Stanwyck) hears that Brannan's dangerous moves have led to the death of an opponent, she jumps at the chance to cover the story. After Forbes skewers Brannan's recklessness in print, he is banned from the midget league. But as a disgraced Brannan turns to stunt driving to make a living, Forbes finds herself falling for her scrappy subject.
Director
Clarence Brown
Producer
Clarence Brown
Screenwriter
Barré Lyndon, Marge Decker
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 13, 1950, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 19, 2017
Runtime
1h 31m
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