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English. Budget. $1 million [1] Box office. $1.2 million [1] Two Smart People is a 1946 American film noir crime drama film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan and Hugo Haas. [2] It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was one of a number of noirs starring Hodiak.
- $1 million
- George Bassman
- Ralph Wheelwright
Two Smart People: Directed by Jules Dassin. With Lucille Ball, John Hodiak, Lloyd Nolan, Hugo Haas. A fugitive negotiates a 5-year sentence for the theft of half-million dollar worth of bonds but takes a short trip before surrendering, while suspecting that a con-woman, a cop and a former crime-partner are after his hidden bonds.
- (630)
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Jules Dassin
- 1946-06-04
Soon enough, however, Ball got a new agent who helped get her career back on track with a movie at Universal, Lover Come Back (1946). Two Smart People was directed by Jules Dassin, showing virtually none of the innovation he would soon bring to classics like Brute Force (1947), Thieves' Highway (1949), Night and the City (1950) and Rififi (1955).
- Jules Dassin, Sid Sidman
- Lucille Ball
Two Smart People (1946) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Ricki Woodner, a con artist who met Connors at his hotel, is persuaded by Fly Feletti (a bitter colleague of Connors) to get close to Connors and take the bonds. She joins Connors and Simms on the train and Ricki and Ace start falling for each other. Feletti wants the bonds and keeps an eye on Ricki to make sure she doesn't double-cross him.
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Con woman Ricki Woodner and detective Bob Simms follow a prison-bound swindler Ace Connors on his five-day gourmet binge. Jules Dassin. Director.
