Design for Scandal

Design for Scandal (1941)★ 6.2/10

Approved · US · 85 min · December 1, 1941

  • Comedy
  • Romance

Directed by: Norman Taurog

Written by: Lionel Houser

To save his job, newsman Jeff Sherman offers to help his boss get out of a swingeing alimony settlement. But his devious plan to compromise Cornelia Porter, the judge on the case, while she is on holiday at Cape Cod soon proves to be - well - too devious!

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Rosalind RussellJudge Cornelia PorterWalter PidgeonJeff ShermanEdward ArnoldJudson M. BlairLee BowmanWalter CaldwellJean RogersDottyMary Beth HughesAdele BlairGuy KibbeeJudge GrahamBarbara Jo AllenJaneLeon BelascoAlexander RaoulBobby LarsonFreddieCharles ColemanWiltonThurston HallNorthcottRuth AdlerTelephone Operator (uncredited)Richard BartellBlair's Aide (uncredited)Oliver BlakeReal Estate Agent (uncredited)John ButlerMiner (uncredited)George M. CarletonJustice of the Peace (uncredited)Eddy ChandlerSecond Arresting Detective (uncredited)George ChandlerFirst Taxi Driver (uncredited)Ken ChristyCourt Bailiff (uncredited)Marjorie DeanneTelephone Operator (uncredited)Edgar DearingJoe (uncredited)Helen DicksonRestaurant Patron (uncredited)John DilsonCourt Clerk (uncredited)Lester DorrCourt Clerk (uncredited)Eddie DunnEddie Smith (uncredited)Mitchell IngrahamBicycle Storekeeper (uncredited)Gladden JamesMr. Wharton (uncredited)Marjorie KaneTelephone Operator (uncredited)Robert Emmett KeaneBlair's Aide (uncredited)Kenner G. KempOffice Worker (uncredited)Milton KibbeeCourt Clerk (uncredited)Charles La TorreHeadwaiter (uncredited)George MagrillMiner (uncredited)Dorothy MorrisTelephone Operator (uncredited)Lee PhelpsFirst Arresting Detective (uncredited)Tom QuinnRestaurant Patron (uncredited)Anne RevereNettie (uncredited)Addison RichardsAdele's Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)Henry RoquemoreMan Who Got a Manicure (uncredited)Syd SaylorSecond Taxi Driver (uncredited)Edward ThomasTrain Steward (uncredited)Charles TrowbridgeNorthcott's Aide (uncredited)Morgan WallaceMan Whose Head is Painted (uncredited)George WattsSnack Bar Counterman (uncredited)Josephine WhittellWoman (uncredited)Charlotte WyntersThelma (uncredited)