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Turnabout (1940) was a Comedy - Black-and-white Film directed by Hal Roach and produced by Hal Roach.

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Turnabout(1940).

By Dawn on Nov 24, 2010 From Noir and Chick Flicks

Turnabout(1940). Comedy film. Directed by Hal Roach. Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis and John Hubbard. Based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Thorne Smith, the screenplay was written by Mickell Novack, Bernie Giler and John McClain with additional dialogue by Rian James. Tim Willows and hi... Read full article


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Dixie Gale: My, but she acts queer.
Miss Edwards: That's no act.


Henry: I'm very, very nervous about the whole thing. She wants to climb that flagpole and put up this aerial.
Marie: And she wants us to help?
Henry: Yes, and I really think she ought to have a net under her.
Nora: She ought to have a net *over* her if you ask me.


Miss Edwards: You haven't lived yet. Not till you get a load of Mr. Manning. That's something.
Dixie Gale: Is he nice?
Miss Edwards: Mmm, well, he doesn't exactly poison babies. But then I don't think he knows many babies.


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Elsa Peterson, John Davidson and Marshall Ruth are in studio records/casting call lists, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
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