Pillow to Post

Overview

With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughter Jean hits the road and does not make one sale. She finally gets one tentative sale with the Black Hills Oil Co., but Earl wants dinner with her. With the shortage of housing due to the war, Jean needs a military husband to get a place to stay in Clayfield, which is next to Camp Clay. She gets Lt. Mallory to act as her husband just to register. Then things go wrong as his commanding officer is there and believes them to be married. It gets worse as Don's mother shows up and then Jean's father.

Directed by Vincent Sherman

Top cast

Ida Lupino

Jean Howard

Sydney Greenstreet

Colonel Michael Otley

William Prince

Lieutenant Don Mallory

Stuart Erwin

Captain Jack Ross

Johnny Mitchell

Earl 'Slim' Clark

Ruth Donnelly

Mrs. Grace Wingate

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Kate Otley

Frank Orth

Clayfield Taxi Driver

Regina Wallace

Mrs. Mallory, Don's Mother

Willie Best

Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter

Louis Armstrong

Orchestra Leader

Robert Blake

Wilbur (uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)

William Conrad

First Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Dorothy Dandridge

Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)

Carol Hughes

Loolie Fisher (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

Alex, Coast Oil Flunky (uncredited)

S

Sue Moore

Doris Wilson (uncredited)

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