Susan Slept Here (1954) on Netflix
Screenwriter Mark Christopher is stuck on a juvenile delinquent script. On Christmas Eve a sergeant brings 17-year-old Susan Landis, arrested for vagrancy, to his apartment for the holidays.
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- IMDb6.4/102,410 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes43%
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Plot summary
Mark Christopher is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who has struggled with writer's block since he won an Academy Award. On Christmas Eve, Vice Squad Sergeant Sam Hanlon arrives at his apartment with 17-year-old Susan Landis, who was abandoned by her mother and arrested for vagrancy after hitting a sailor with a beer bottle. Unwilling to leave her in jail through the holidays, and knowing Mark wants to write a screenplay about juvenile delinquency, Hanlon bends the rules and suggests she stay with him until her arraignment, set for the day after Christmas. Mark is appalled but agrees. His fiancée, Isabella Alexander, a senator's demanding daughter, resents the arrangement, and Susan develops a crush on Mark while his secretary Maude Snodgrass, his friend Virgil and his lawyer Harvey Butterworth try to keep the household under control.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Susan Slept Here (1954)
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- Robert Mitchum was announced as the star of Susan Slept Here in 1953 but refused the role, and RKO penalized him $40,000 for turning it down; Harriet Parsons was assigned to produce the film.
- Debbie Reynolds said her little comedy made $5,500,000, pulled RKO out of the red and then Howard Hughes sold the studio.
- Debbie Reynolds admitted she had "a mad crush on" her co-star Dick Powell while making the film, and said he taught her common courtesy and to treat her crew and colleagues with equal respect.
