Pillow to Post (1945)
1h 32m
Running Time
June 9, 1945Release Date
Pillow to Post (1945)
1h 32m
Running Time
June 9, 1945Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Ida Lupino
Jean Howard
Sydney Greenstreet
Colonel Michael Otley
William Prince
Lieutenant Don Mallory
Johnny Mitchell
Earl 'Slim' Clark
Stuart Erwin
Captain Jack Ross
Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. Grace Wingate
Vincent Sherman
Director
Barbara Brown
Mrs. Kate Otley
Charles Hoffman
Writer
Frank Orth
Clayfield Taxi Driver
Rose Simon Kohn
Writer
Regina Wallace
Mrs. Mallory, Don's Mother
Alex Gottlieb
Producer
Friedrich Hollaender
Composer
Willie Best
Lucille, Colonial Auto Court Porter
Wesley Anderson
Cinematographer
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)
Sue Moore
Doris Wilson (uncredited)
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Wiki.
Pillow to Post is a 1945 romantic comedy film directed by Vincent Sherman, starring Ida Lupino, Sydney Greenstreet and William Prince. Based on the play Pillar to Post by Rose Simon Kohn, it is about a tired traveling saleswoman who goes to great lengths to find a place to sleep during the World War II housing shortage.