First Five Minutes:On Our Merry Way

James Stewart and Henry Fonda are at the peak of their form as a pair of impovrished swing band musicians who attempt to change their luck by rigging a talent contest. Dorothy Lamour costars as an aspiring actress who dons a Polynesian sarong in a hilarious spoof of exotic Hollywood musicals, Fred MacMurray and William Demerest are travelling con men who fall into the snare of a moniacal ten year old named "sniffles" Dugan. All these comical adventures are woven together by an aspiring reporter (Burgess Meredith) who struggles to write a human interest piece to satisfy the professional ambitions of his young bride (Paulette Goddard).