- Critics' Rating:
-
- Release Year:
- 1949
- MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Genre:
- Comedy
- Director:
-
Lloyd Bacon
A college chemistry professor, Vernon Simpson, invents a substance that keeps insects away from wood. But after a baseball crashes through the window and gets coated in the fluid, Simpson discovers that the ball repels wood. To further his experiment, Simpson tries out as a pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals and becomes a master of the screwball, propelling him into the spotlight as a star player, much to the confusion of his fiancée, Deborah .
