The Shop Around the Corner

Released Year: 1940

Certificate: Not Rated

Runtime: 99 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 96

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Stars: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut

No of Votes: 28450

Gross: 203300

Overview: Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand each other, without realizing that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

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