Donald O'Connor does well when teamed with an elder actor - Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Marjorie Main... and of course Chill Wills. Here he's with Jimmy Durante, although O'Connor got solo billing above the title.
The plot has rich man's son O'Connor go to work for milkman Durante. O'Connor has PTSD from the war which makes him... quack like a duck. Which is weird. But interesting. There's some gangsters led by William Conrad for the third act, which is effective.
It's not really a musical but O'Connor has a solo number singing and dancing as he delivers milk and he and Piper Laurie have a dance.
I enjoyed this film. O'Connor is fun, he teams well with Durante who has a high old time, Conrad and Laurie are good.
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