Frank McHugh is mild-mannered office worker Lambert Hunkins. Timid, obedient and physically unimpressive, Lambert is an unlikely hero—until we see him display a unique single-mindedness concerning a life-sized sculpture and the girl after whom it's modeled.
Jane Wyman is McHugh's office co-worker and would-be girlfriend; when he gets a $10 raise, she brings him home to dinner where her mother (Cora Witherspoon) announces that they can now get married—to McHugh's quiet acquiescence rather than great delight.
Witherspoon and Wyman are intended as comic foils, minor villains of a sort; unfortunately, they both come across as more annoying than humorous. McHugh, too, in the early going at least, is a fairly pathetic creature—Stick up for yourself! we want to yell at him. Luckily, before too long he meets
Diana Lewis, the model for the statue McHugh has purchased (to the shock and dismay of the mother-daughter team, who wanted him to spend the money on furniture). The beautiful Lewis is a bright spot—not only is her performance charming and lovely, but her character's appearance gives McHugh's character a much-needed jolt of energy.
Overall, there's not much to this picture, but it's easy to take .It would have been nice to see Frank McHugh given a little meatier role to star in, but he is likable enough in this very slight but moderately pleasant B movie.
Jane Wyman is McHugh's office co-worker and would-be girlfriend; when he gets a $10 raise, she brings him home to dinner where her mother (Cora Witherspoon) announces that they can now get married—to McHugh's quiet acquiescence rather than great delight.
Witherspoon and Wyman are intended as comic foils, minor villains of a sort; unfortunately, they both come across as more annoying than humorous. McHugh, too, in the early going at least, is a fairly pathetic creature—Stick up for yourself! we want to yell at him. Luckily, before too long he meets
Diana Lewis, the model for the statue McHugh has purchased (to the shock and dismay of the mother-daughter team, who wanted him to spend the money on furniture). The beautiful Lewis is a bright spot—not only is her performance charming and lovely, but her character's appearance gives McHugh's character a much-needed jolt of energy.
Overall, there's not much to this picture, but it's easy to take .It would have been nice to see Frank McHugh given a little meatier role to star in, but he is likable enough in this very slight but moderately pleasant B movie.