The Petty Girl

An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.

Cast

Robert Cummings

as George Petty, aka Andrew 'Andy' Tapp

Joan Caulfield

as Prof. Victoria Braymore

Elsa Lanchester

as Dr. Crutcher

Melville Cooper

as Beardsley (Petty's butler, aka Uncle Ben)

Audrey Long

as Mrs. Connie Manton Dezlow

Mary Wickes

as Prof. Whitman

Frank Orth

as Moody (process server)

John Ridgely

as Patrolman

Dorothy Abbott

as December Petty Girl (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Brush and Easel Waiter (uncredited)

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