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Behave Yourself!
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Behave Yourself!
| image = Behave_Yourself!_Film_Poster.jpg
| caption = Behave Yourself! Theatrical Poster
| director = George Beck
| producer = Norman Krasna (producer)
Stanley Rubin (associate producer)
Jerry Wald (producer)
| screenplay = George Beck
| story = George Beck
Frank Tarloff
| starring = Farley Granger
Shelley Winters
| music = Leigh Harline
| cinematography = James Wong Howe
| editing = Paul Weatherwax
| studio = Wald/Krasna Productions
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $1 million (US rentals)'The Top Box Office Hits of 1951', 'Variety', January 2, 1952
}}
'Behave Yourself!' is a 1951 American comedy directed and cowritten by George Beck, starring Farley Granger and Shelley Winters and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Plot
Mild mannered young CPA Bill Denny forgets about his and his wife Kate's second anniversary until the last minute, when a small dog starts to follow him. After Kate mistakes the dog for her present, mayhem ensues, and Bill is chased by police, smugglers, counterfeiters and murderers while being harassed by his mother-in-law.
Cast
* Farley Granger as William Calhoun 'Bill' Denny
* Shelley Winters as Kate Denny
* William Demarest as Officer O'Ryan
* Francis L. Sullivan as Fat Freddy
* Margalo Gillmore as Mother
* Lon Chaney Jr. as Pinky
* Hans Conried as Gillie the Blade
* Elisha Cook Jr. as Albert Jonas
* Glenn Anders as Pete the Pusher
* Allen Jenkins as Plainclothesman
* Sheldon Leonard as Shortwave Bert
* Marvin Kaplan as Max the Umbrella
* Archie as Himself
* Henry Corden as Numi
Production
The film was written in four days and was originally intended to be a vehicle for Cary Grant.
Soundtrack
* "Behave Yourself!" (By Lew Spence and Buddy Ebsen)
References
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