Annie, you've got some splanin' to do! That's not according to husband Eddie Albert, but to all the nosy people who think that his wife Faye Marlowe has strayed while her husband was overseas on active duty during the second world war. She's given birth to a son nine months after he arranged for a secret non-authorized visit that would not only get him in trouble with the army but threaten an estate from his uncle since everyone believes the child fathered by someone else.
The problem gets worse by several people lying in his favor, having promised to keep his secret trip home to themselves, and not changing their minds. It's a bizarre comedy of errors somehow presented as if it was a drama. But with Albert kidnapped by the army officers he went on leave with (Philip Reed and James Millican) and implicated in a murder, he doesn't have a chance to clear his name, even if it did avoid a court martial.
Now that's family planning!
Annie, you've got some splanin' to do! That's not according to husband Eddie Albert, but to all the nosy people who think that his wife Faye Marlowe has strayed while her husband was overseas on active duty during the second world war. She's given birth to a son nine months after he arranged for a secret non-authorized visit that would not only get him in trouble with the army but threaten an estate from his uncle since everyone believes the child fathered by someone else.
The problem gets worse by several people lying in his favor, having promised to keep his secret trip home to themselves, and not changing their minds. It's a bizarre comedy of errors somehow presented as if it was a drama. But with Albert kidnapped by the army officers he went on leave with (Philip Reed and James Millican) and implicated in a murder, he doesn't have a chance to clear his name, even if it did avoid a court martial.
The screenwriters went out of their way to come up with something original, and while they certainly did, it's a genuine head scratcher. The film is saved somewhat by the supporting cast which includes glamorous Gail Patrick as a cabaret singer, C. Aubrey Smith as an eccentric older gent Albert has an amusing chat with, Raymond Walburn as a businessman who won't confirm Albert's claim and William Frawley as a general Albert sees to prove his claim of being awol. Definitely worth seeing for those players but not the comedy classic it could have been.
The problem gets worse by several people lying in his favor, having promised to keep his secret trip home to themselves, and not changing their minds. It's a bizarre comedy of errors somehow presented as if it was a drama. But with Albert kidnapped by the army officers he went on leave with (Philip Reed and James Millican) and implicated in a murder, he doesn't have a chance to clear his name, even if it did avoid a court martial.
Now that's family planning!
Annie, you've got some splanin' to do! That's not according to husband Eddie Albert, but to all the nosy people who think that his wife Faye Marlowe has strayed while her husband was overseas on active duty during the second world war. She's given birth to a son nine months after he arranged for a secret non-authorized visit that would not only get him in trouble with the army but threaten an estate from his uncle since everyone believes the child fathered by someone else.
The problem gets worse by several people lying in his favor, having promised to keep his secret trip home to themselves, and not changing their minds. It's a bizarre comedy of errors somehow presented as if it was a drama. But with Albert kidnapped by the army officers he went on leave with (Philip Reed and James Millican) and implicated in a murder, he doesn't have a chance to clear his name, even if it did avoid a court martial.
The screenwriters went out of their way to come up with something original, and while they certainly did, it's a genuine head scratcher. The film is saved somewhat by the supporting cast which includes glamorous Gail Patrick as a cabaret singer, C. Aubrey Smith as an eccentric older gent Albert has an amusing chat with, Raymond Walburn as a businessman who won't confirm Albert's claim and William Frawley as a general Albert sees to prove his claim of being awol. Definitely worth seeing for those players but not the comedy classic it could have been.