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If I Had My Way

If I Had My Way

May 5, 1940
94 min
ComedyFamily
6.4/ 10
5 votes

Overview

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his buddies, her father, is killed. Buzz and Pat, along with their chum Axel Swensen, head to New York to look for the girl's uncle. The trio soon unexpectedly become owners of a tired restaurant.

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6.4/10
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6.0/10
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"YOU HAD YOUR WAY! Glorious Gloria Jean of "The Under-Pup" becomes a shining star - and a singsation - with the one and only Bing!"

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Universal Pictures

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