You Gotta Stay Happy

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

Cast

Joan Fontaine

as Dee Dee Dillwood

James Stewart

as Marvin Payne

Eddie Albert

as Bullets Baker

Roland Young

as Ralph Tutwiler

Willard Parker

as Henry Benson

Percy Kilbride

as Mr. Racknell

Porter Hall

as Mr. Caslon

Marcy McGuire

as Georgia Goodrich

Arthur Walsh

as Milton Goodrich

William Bakewell

as Dick Hebert

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