As Young as You Feel

As Young as You Feel

15/6/1951 1h 17m 6.8/10

Overview

Sixty-five-year-old John Hodges must retire from Acme Printing. He later impersonates the president of the parent company and arrives at his old plant on an inspection tour. Acme president McKinley is so nervous not even his beautiful secretary Harriet can calm him. McKinley's wife Lucille becomes infatuated with Hodges. Many further complications ensue.

Director

Harmon Jones

Top Billed Cast

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Harriet

David Wayne

David Wayne

Joe Elliott

Jean Peters

Jean Peters

Alice Hodges

Thelma Ritter

Thelma Ritter

Della Hodges

Monty Woolley

Monty Woolley

John R. Hodges

Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett

Lucille McKinley

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

11/17/2024

7/10

Print worker "Hodges" (Monty Woolley) isn't best impressed when he is made redundant at the age of 65. The thought of sitting in the park playing dominoes with his contemporaries scares him rigid, so he concocts quite a clever plan to impersonate the boss of their parent company and get this arbitrary policy reversed. Luckily for him, nobody actually knows who the the real company president is, let alone what he actually looks like, so with him showing a bit of bravado a routine inspection of the plant is easily arranged. He doesn't bargain on an invitation to the boss's home for dinner afterwards and this is where he meets "Lucille" (Constance Bennett) who takes quite a shine to him. What started off as plain sailing now turns distinctly turbulent, and that only gets worse when the real supremo - "Cleveland" (Minor Watson) finds out and begins some investigative work of his own - all helped by his patient assistant "Harriett" (Marilyn Monroe)! Fans of Woolley and of the always reliable Thelma Ritter will probably enjoy this vehicle for a star who maybe wasn't the most versatile, but was always quite entertaining when he got into his stride. It's frequently quite amusing as the scenario heads in the only direction it could have, and the screenplay keeps it just the right side of farce to stop it becoming dull or too procedural. Proof, if it were ever needed, that age ought not to be a boundary to someone making continuing productive contributions to any workplace.

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