Get Going
Cast & Crew
Jean Yarbrough
Robert Paige
Grace Mcdonald
Vera Vague
Walter Catlett
Milburn Stone
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Rutledge, Vermont, Hank Andrews, owner of a large maple tree farm, is approached by New York businessman George Phillips, who wishes to buy the farm. At Hank's open house, George mistakenly dances with Hank's girl friend, Judy King, and the insanely jealous farmer punches him. Upset by Hank's actions, Judy decides to move to Washington, D.C., but due to the wartime housing shortage, she is forced to share a room, as well as her clothes, with three roommates: Matilda Jones, Doris and Bonnie. Her roommates get Judy a typing job in a government office, but warn her that there is no social life in Washington. Meanwhile, back in Rutledge, Hank hires bumbling private detective Horace Doblem to find Judy. Later, Judy and her roommates become jealous when they see their handsome assistant personnel director, Bob Carlton, dancing with their co-worker, Vilma Walters, though they are unaware that he is actually investigating Vilma, as it is feared that a foreign spy is working in their office. Once they learn the truth, Judy decides to pretend to be a spy in order to gain Bob's interest. Bob falls for Judy's deception, and soon becomes her social escort. Bob's suspicions about Judy are later compounded when he discovers that Horace is following him. After her roommates learn about Judy's plot, they teach her how to act like a spy, going so far as to place a toy gun in her purse. After his next date with Judy, Bob is further convinced that she is a spy when he is knocked out by Hank after dropping Judy off at her boardinghouse. The next day, Horace is questioned by Bob and his superior, Mr. Tuttle, and Bob finally learns about Judy's deception. That night, Bob has two policemen "arrest" Judy, and after questioning her, Bob tells Judy that he knows the truth. Meanwhile, it turns out that Mrs. Daugherty, the proprietor of the Dutch Treat women's club, is actually a foreign spy who uses hidden microphones to tape the conversations of her patrons, hoping to overhear them discussing military secrets. After Mrs. Daugherty questions her about her work, Judy becomes suspicious and discovers one of the hidden microphones in a flower arrangement. She quickly telephones Bob with the news, but Daugherty overhears and abducts her. As she is being taken away by one of Daugherty's agents, the jealous Hank comes up and knocks out the spy. Judy warns the other women, but Daugherty's agents try to stop the women from leaving the club. A brawl breaks out, and after Bob and Tuttle arrive, the spies are captured. Bob and Judy are romantically reunited, while Hank and Matilda find each other, though, this time, Matilda is the violently jealous one.
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Cast
Robert Paige
Grace Mcdonald
Vera Vague
Walter Catlett
Milburn Stone
Frank Faylen
Maureen Cannon
Lois Collier
Jennifer Holt
Nana Bryant
Lillian Cornell
Claire Whitney
Jack Rice
Eddie Bruce
Donald Kerr
Jacqueline Dalya
Anthony Warde
Jack Gardner
John Diggs
Wally Vernon
Lee Bennett
Crew
Bernard B. Brown
Charles Carroll
Everett Carter
Will Cowan
R. A. Gausman
Joseph Gershensen
A. J. Gilmore
John Goodman
Ernesto Lecuona
Harold Macarthur
Dolly Morse
George Robinson
Milton Rosen
H. J. Salter
Melville Shyer
Ray Snyder
Vera West
Warren Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The working title of this film was Heads Up. While the Hollywood Reporter review states that Robert Paige's character is an FBI agent, there is no indication of this in the film. His character is described as the assistant personnel director of an unidentified government office. Hollywood Reporter news items state that actresses Lois Collier and Maureen Cannon made their screen debuts in the production. Prior to making Get Going, Cannon appeared for ten months on the New York stage in the musical Best Foot Forward. Hollywood Reporter news items also state that Alan Curtis was cast in the film, but he did not appear in the released film.
