As a film made before the advent of the Production Code, the film-makers were able to preserve the cheerfully uninhibited sexual innuendo[2] of the Sturges play in their movie version, which he is said to have endorsed.

[3] Snobbish, quick-tempered Henry Greene (George Meeker) and his fiancee Isabelle Perry (Sidney Fox) stop into a New York speakeasy owned by Tomasso Antiovi (William Ricciardi) for a drink.

They meet retired Judge Dempsey (Lewis Stone), an amiable man who befriends the Southern belle, much to Henry's dismay.

So too has Gus: Overwhelmed by Isabelle's sweetness and innocence, he spends the night in Judge Dempsey's apartment.

[8] It was written, produced and directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama and starred Ezio Pinza and Janet Leigh.