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Louisiana Purchase

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.

Director

Irving Cummings

Year

Genre

comedy, musical

Box Office

N/A

Production

Paramount Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

Jim Taylor

Marina Von Minden

Sen. Oliver P. Loganberry

Madame Yvonne Bordelaise

Beatrice

Col. Davis Sr. aka Polar Bear

Raymond Walburn

The Shadow aka Wilson

Maxie Rosenbloom

Emmy Lou

Robert Davis, Jr.

Frank Albertson

Capt. Pierre Whitfield

Donald MacBride

Dean Albert Manning

Speaker of the House

Gaston, Waiter

Charles La Torre

Danseur

Sam Horowitz, Lawyer

Lawyer's secretary

Saleslady

Catherine Craig

Jester

Sam

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Barbara Britton

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Louise La Planche

Louisiana Belle

Louisiana Belle

Eleanor Stewart

Louisiana Belle

Drum Majorette

Girl Jester

Senator

Brooks Benedict

Senator

French Chef

French Chef

Senator

Fuchsia Man

House Detective

Man on Stilts

French Chef

Constant Franke

Salesgirl

Frances Gifford

French Chef

Albert Godderis

Club Waiter

Lady in Waiting

Radio Announcer

Singer

Senator

Jester

Club Member

Richard Kipling

Girl Jester

Senator

Senator

Edmund Mortimer

French Chef

George Nardelli

Drum Majorette

Cab Driver

Lady in Green

French Chef

Reporter

Senator

Nightclub Doorman

Floyd Shackelford

Sailorette

Lady in Green

Special Lady

Bellhop

Ambulance Driver

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Next year you'll be
buyin' papers from me. - Louisiana Purchase

Next year you'll be buyin' papers from me.

I'm gonna be busy,
so you can take
the afternoon off. - Louisiana Purchase

I'm gonna be busy, so you can take the afternoon off.

Might even get you
ten years extra
just for asking me. - Louisiana Purchase

Might even get you ten years extra just for asking me.

[Senator]
Oh, uh...
Oh. - Louisiana Purchase

[Senator] Oh, uh... Oh.

Oh, Jimmy,
this is wonderful. - Louisiana Purchase

Oh, Jimmy, this is wonderful.

May I show you
something, sir?
No, thanks. I seen it. - Louisiana Purchase

May I show you something, sir? No, thanks. I seen it.

Somebody
strap me down. - Louisiana Purchase

Somebody strap me down.

Is that what they mean
by the open door policy? - Louisiana Purchase

Is that what they mean by the open door policy?

Chicken under glass. - Louisiana Purchase

Chicken under glass.

Ha ha. Thank you, Jimmy,
and good-bye. - Louisiana Purchase

Ha ha. Thank you, Jimmy, and good-bye.

Boy if she was black she'd be beautiful - Louisiana Purchase

Boy if she was black she'd be beautiful

??
[Indistinct Chatter] - Louisiana Purchase

?? [Indistinct Chatter]

You're a pretty smart fellow Mr Taylor - Louisiana Purchase

You're a pretty smart fellow Mr Taylor

Hey! What are you doing? - Louisiana Purchase

Hey! What are you doing?

A wife cannot testify
against her husband. - Louisiana Purchase

A wife cannot testify against her husband.

Hello, Sam. I must see
Mr. Taylor right away. - Louisiana Purchase

Hello, Sam. I must see Mr. Taylor right away.

Boy, what a break.
The senator
and his bride are here. - Louisiana Purchase

Boy, what a break. The senator and his bride are here.

[Laughing]
And there it is,
all one piece. - Louisiana Purchase

[Laughing] And there it is, all one piece.

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A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.

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Director: Irving Cummings

Writer: Buddy G. DeSylva, Morrie Ryskind, Jerome Chodorov

Production: Paramount Pictures

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1941

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 31 Dec 1941

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

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