I took one look at Betsy Drake and said to myself HE married HER? UGH!! And the thing only got worse after that.Betsy Drake plays a manipulative, obsessed, single woman who looks up and notices Cary Grant and immediately starts stalking him objective matrimony. She enlists her friend, her boss (a notorious womanizer) and Eddie Albert.Drake's "acting" and I use the term loosely - is atrocious. Cary Grant is his usual suave self - until the end of this garbage. And yes, you can imagine the ending without me telling you.Friends and neighbors - don't even bother. Unless you like torture. And fingernails on blackboards.

Betsy Drake's character here is just a little too weird for me to take this film seriously. As I watched the film -- both times -- I found myself thinking about which actresses could have carried this off and not seemed too unreal. I immediately thought of Katerine Hepburn. I have to admit, the other key players here -- Cary Grant and Franchot Tone -- managed to play opposite Drake well here. But, in fact, Diana Lynn -- a supporting actress here -- might have played the part better than Drake. But, ah well, I rest my case with the rather short list of films that Drake appeared in.Cary Grant is one of my two favorite actors. Grant, here, is as good as he always was, although I can't say that the material is top notch...not that it is bad, either.Franchot Tone, as the other man...dragged into a non-existent relationship. He was always good at playing the other man...with humor...and is here.And, near the end of the film, "Old Joe" is played by Eddie Albert/ The story? We would look at this film very differently today. It's about stalking, although this time it's the woman stalking the man. Seriously, what man would want a woman who would undoubtedly be so extremely as clinging as Betsy Drake's character. And that's what makes this film -- at least for me -- not work. Any man would run for their lives. Perhaps the best scene of the film is not between Cary Grant and Betsy Drake, but rather between Cary Grant and Franchot Tone.Cary Grant = 8. Betsy Drake = 5. Franchot Tone = 7. Diana Lynn = 7. Story line = 7. Result, a weak 7.I have quite a few Cary Grant films in my collection. This is not one of them...and will not be in the future. Watch it on TCM.

Talky and dull. My mind kept wandering as she droned on and on. This premise has been done before, done to death. Betsy Drake could just not bring anything new to the role and the writing was so boring she didn't have much chance. Cary Grant didn't add a lot, either. Franchot Tone at least had energy and woke me up. And he gave me a smile. He had been married three times. "I like marriage. My wives didn't but I do." So much for the WWII movies with strong female leads with more on the mind than a husband. This presages the glop of the Fifties and early Sixties."I haven't done a single thing that isn't legitimate for a girl." I'm guessing this movie was pretty nauseating even in 1948 when actually it was remarkably easy to get married with all the returning soldiers flooding the country. We know what happened when the children of the mothers at the seminar grew up. They rejected ideas about tricking men into marriage and wanted equal relationships.The only genuine and interesting part of the movie for me was the smile and kiss Betsy and Cary shared at the end. Cary practically glowed.

"nowlang" wins they prize for double-talk when posting in their review of this film:"I would like to explain my positive assessment of this movie and help newcomers form an opinion for themselves."One doesn't HELP someone form an opinion for themselves. By definition, it's something that must be done on ones own. This kind of movie does nothing but feed the outdated mindset that every girl has gotta get herself a MAN - by hook or by crook - or even by stalking.Thank god this kind of thinking has pretty much gone the way of the dodo.