A romantic comedy from the 1950's. A Oscar winning screenwriter is in a rut, cranking out mindless comedies one after the other when a couple of beat cops, w/a 17 year old delinquent in tow, decide to drop her off during Christmas at the scribe's apartment to inspire him to write something w/grit since the juvie's story is sure to spark some ideas. Starring Dick Powell (his last feature film) & Debbie Reynolds, this slightly dirty minded flick has a couple (of the age challenged variety) hooking up in the most awkward yet funny situations one could think of w/o resorting to crass intimations of robbing the cradle spoiling this humorous souffle from sinking under its own problematic weight. Billy Wilder did it better a number of years before w/The Major & the Minor but this thing could've veered into perv city in a hurry.
Review of Susan Slept Here
