A entertaining and funny movie that I thought was quite enjoyable to watch. Laughed outload a couple of times. Cast includes William Demarest, Sheldon Leonard, Lon Chaney Jr. and Hans Conried.
Behave Yourself! is a 1951 American comedy film directed and co written by George Beck, starring Farley Granger and Shelley Winters.
Plot: Hapless young Bill Denny (Farley Granger) and his bride, Kate (Shelley Winters), stumble into big trouble when Bill brings home a cute little dog that Kate thinks is a gift for her second anniversary. The stray happens to be a courier for the mob, and the canine's presence in the Denny home brings underworld violence to the couple's front door. At least three different gangs want the dog back and have placed "lost dog ads" in the newspapers. Every time Bill goes to answer an ad, he finds a dead body on the premises and always manages to leave panicky clues that he was at the crime scene. He is repeatedly hauled to the police station and grilled by homicide chief O'Ryan.
Cast:
Farley Granger as William Calhoun 'Bill' Denny
Shelley Winters as Kate Denny
William Demarest as Officer O'Ryan
Francis L. Sullivan as Fat Freddy
Margalo Gillmore as Mother
Lon Chaney Jr. as Pinky
Hans Conried as Gillie the Blade
Elisha Cook Jr. as Albert Jonas
Glenn Anders as Pete the Pusher
Allen Jenkins as Plainclothesman
Sheldon Leonard as Shortwave Bert
Marvin Kaplan as Max the Umbrella
Archie as himself
Henry Corden as Numi
Herburt Vigran as Police Desk Sargeant(uncredited)
Ralph Sanford as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Frank Sully as Taxi Driver(uncredited)
Don Beddoe as Sgt. O'Neill(uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman as Wife of Pet Shop Owner (uncredited)
King Donovan as Lingerie Shop Owner (uncredited)
