Two Smart People (1946)

Lucille Ball, Shelley Winters, Vladimir Sokoloff, Lloyd Nolan

Criminal Ace Connors agrees to return to New York and stand trial for stealing $500,000 worth of bonds so he can serve a light five-year sentence and enjoy his loot (safely stowed away in the cover of a cook book) when he gets out. Detective Bob Simms is tasked with escorting Connors back to New Yor