It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.
Jean Arthur
as Constance Milligan
Joel McCrea
as Joe Carter
Charles Coburn
as Benjamin Dingle
Richard Gaines
as Charles J. Pendergast
Bruce Bennett
as FBI Agent Evans
Frank Sully
as FBI Agent Pike
Donald Douglas
as FBI Agent Harding
Clyde Fillmore
as Senator Noonan
Stanley Clements
as Morton Rodakiewicz
Sam Ash
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Don Barclay
as Drunk (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
as Shaving Gag (uncredited)