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Apartment for Peggy (1948)

Apartment for Peggy poster
Directed by
George Seaton
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A depressed professor rents part of his home to a cheerful young couple. Their presence slowly lifts his spirits and brings new life to his quiet existence.

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What happens

Apartment for Peggy is a 1948 American comedy-drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Jeanne Crain, William Holden, and Edmund Gwenn. The plot is about a depressed professor whose spirits are lifted when he rents part of his home to a young couple. It was based on the novelette An Apartment for Jenny by Faith Baldwin. Campus exteriors were filmed at the University of Nevada, Reno. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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