If You Knew Susie (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = If You Knew Susie

| image = If You Knew Susie poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Gordon Douglas

| producer = Eddie Cantor

| screenplay = Warren Wilson
Oscar Brodney
Bud Pearson
Lester A. White

| starring = Eddie Cantor
Joan Davis
Allyn Joslyn
Charles Dingle
Bobby Driscoll

| music = Edgar Fairchild

| cinematography = Frank Redman

| editing = Philip Martin

| studio = RKO Pictures

| distributor = RKO Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1948|2|7}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

If You Knew Susie is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Warren Wilson, Oscar Brodney, Bud Pearson and Lester A. White. The film was produced by, and starred, Eddie Cantor in his final starring role in a feature film. The film also stars Joan Davis, Allyn Joslyn, Charles Dingle and Bobby Driscoll. The film was released on February 7, 1948, by RKO Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1459/if-you-knew-susie|title=If You Knew Susie (1948) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=21 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/if-you-knew-susie/101910|title=If You Knew Susie|work=TV Guide|access-date=21 September 2014|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314012825/http://movies.tvguide.com/if-you-knew-susie/101910|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B00E5D61530E23ABC4B51DFB4668383659EDE|title=Movie Review - If You Knew Susie (1948) THE SCREEN; ' If You Knew Susie,' New Feature at the Palace, Shows Eddie Cantor Cutting Usual Caper's|work=The New York Times|access-date=21 September 2014}}

Plot

Sam and Susie Parker, a husband and wife team of vaudeville performers retire and return to Sam's ancestral historic New England home to be with their children. The pair turn their 17th century home into a hotel with entertainment that turns the community against them. Sam and Susie's son Junior faces bullying and ridicule because his ancestor was "America's First Draft Dodger" in the American War of Independence. The town boycott of the Parker's inn forces Sam and Susie to sell their home and auction off the family's antique furniture. When moving a cabinet, a recess in the wall is discovered that contains a letter to Sam's ancestor from George Washington thanking him for his services as a blockade runner that brought needed munitions to the Continental Army. An additional part of the letter is illegible.

The pair travel to Washington D.C. to investigate whether the document is genuine. The National Archives not only prove that it is, but they possess a misfiled but genuine identical copy with the illegible portion of Sam's copy declaring the new American government will pay Sam's ancestor or his descendants £10,000 with compounded interest for the munitions giving the Parkers seven billion modern dollars that attract the attention of the media and criminals.