Just This Once

Just This Once

M-G-M's screamingly funny romance!

1952•1h 31m•3.8/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.8/10(4)

An heir of a vast fortune is deeply in debt because he spends faster than his very generous trust fund allows. There is a battle of wills between his selfish spendthrift was and the money manager which is is forced/tricked into appointing.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh

Lucy Duncan

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford

Mark MacLene IV

Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

Judge Samuel Coulter

Marilyn Erskine

Marilyn Erskine

Gertrude Crome

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

Tom Winters

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Frank Pirosh

Phyllis Kirk

Phyllis Kirk

Young Lover on Ferry

Hanley Stafford

Hanley Stafford

Mr. Blackwell

Jerry Hausner

Jerry Hausner

Stanley Worth

Benny Rubin

Benny Rubin

Herbert Engel

John Eldredge

John Eldredge

Commander Denham

Alvin Greenman

Archie

Joseph Mell

Joseph Mell

Mr. Green

Ida Moore

Ida Moore

Mrs. Morgan

William Phillips

William Phillips

Caddie Horace Melnick

Emerson Treacy

Emerson Treacy

Mr. Black

Bill Welsh

Mr. Sanford

Dave Willock

Dave Willock

Caddie Ralph Roberts

Victor Wood

William

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