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Play Sound Won't you sit down, please?
Won't you sit down, please?

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Description: Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

Cast:
Lee Leander: Barbara Stanwyck
John Sargent: Fred MacMurray
Mrs. Sargent: Beulah Bondi
Aunt Emma: Elizabeth Patterson
Francis X. O'Leary: Willard Robertson
Willie: Sterling Holloway
Judge in New York: Charles Waldron
District Attorney: Paul Guilfoyle
Tom: Charles Arnt
Hank: John Wray
Mr. Emory: Thomas W. Ross
Rufus: Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
'Fat' Mike: Tom Kennedy
Lee's Mother: Georgia Caine
Mrs. Emory: Virginia Brissac
Judge at Rummage Sale: Spencer Charters
Jury Member: Julius Tannen
Customs Official: Ambrose Barker
Lee's Stepfather: John Beck
Courtroom Spectator: Carl M. Leviness
Nightclub Patron: Paul Power
Court Reporter: Steve Carruthers
Jewelry Salesman: Chester Clute
Undetermined Role: Ruth Warren
Minister: Edmund Elton
Court Attendant: James Flavin
Court Guard: George Guhl
Bandleader at Barn Dance: Fuzzy Knight
Townswoman at Rummage Sale: Lillian Lawrence
Jail Matron: Kate Drain Lawson
Nightclub Singer: Martha Mears
Brian - the Bailiff: George Melford
Judge's Wife: Florence Wix

Written by: Preston Sturges

Director: Mitchell Leisen

Production: Paramount Pictures

Release date: 19 Jan 1940

Box Office: $167,800