A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher takes the bet, and gives him the "only key" to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so he can write in complete seclusion. Things start heating up, though, when a succession of people who also have keys to the inn begin showing up.
as George Washington Magee
as Mary Norton
as Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)
as Mrs. Rhodes
as Mayor Cargan
as Lou Max
as Thomas Hayden (as C. Warren Cook)
as John Bland
as Hall Bentley
as Peter the Hermit
as Police Chief Kennedy
as Langdon
as Quimby
as Clerk
