Il domatore di donne

Walter Connolly's dizzy family is driving him crazy, so when the Feds go after him for tax evasion, he decides it will be a nice vacation from wife Billie Burke and children Joan Bennett and James Blakeley. In prison, he meets up with bootlegger George Raft, who is looking forward to getting out and going straight. When Connolly is dying of a heart attack, he rewrites his will, putting Raft in charge of his estate, to "unspoil" his family. Sparks fly, and after Raft breaks up an impending marriage between Miss Bennett and quote-spouting actor Alan Mowbray, Miss Bennett decides to get her hands on the estate's money by having herself kidnapped by Raft's ex-gang.

Raft is pretty good in this comedy, far more relaxed in his movements and natural in his line delivery than usual. The others in this cast perform very well under the direction of Tay Garnett, especially Wallace Ford in a supporting role as Raft's henchman who can't figure out how to get out of a Chinese Finger Torture. The chemistry between Raft and Miss Bennett is excellent.

Although the final twenty minutes seems a bit rote as the plot turns serious, for most of its length it's a strong screwball comedy.