Miss Grant Takes Richmond

1949 · Directed by Lloyd Bacon · 87 min · romantic comedy

★ 5.6/10 · 9 ratings on TMDB

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.