- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Release: 1949-11-25
- Director: Charles Barton
- Writers: Robert Buckner , Herbert Clyde Lewis
- Language: English
- Stars: Robert Cummings , Ann Blyth , Percy Kilbride , Ray Collins , Donald Woods , Mikhail Rasumny , Percy Helton , Harry Antrim , Wallis Clark , Frank Ferguson
- Runtime: 83 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Free for All , Free for All (United States of America) , Liebe auch ohne Patent (Austria) , Quella meravigliosa invenzione (Italy) , Hot Water (United States of America) , O Mundo é dos Sábios (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Inventor das Arábias (Brazil) , Fórmula de amor (Mexico) , Kaikkien aikojen nero (Finland)
- Plot: Christopher Parker, inventor, comes up with a formula that makes gasoline out of water. He goes to Washington to register his formula with the patent office and meets Mr. Abbott, who works there. Abbott invites him to come home with him, and he meets Abbott's daughter, Ann. She works for a large oil company and she takes Christopher to meet the company president, Blair. The latter has his scientists try to duplicate the formula mixture, but they fail. Christopher, without registering the formula (he has faith in the honesty of a BIG oil company, returns to Ohio, and Ann and Mr. Blair catch up with him via a helicopter. He is about to sign a contract with the oil company, but an escaped criminal, whom Christopher had earlier given a ride, holds them all up. Christopher falls down a well, loses his memory, and all appears lost.
- IMDB:tt0041389
Free for All Cast · · · ALL
Charles Barton
Director
Robert Cummings
Christopher Parker
Ann Blyth
Alva Abbott
Percy Kilbride
Henry J. Abbott
Ray Collins
A B Blair
Dooley Wilson
Aristotle
Donald Woods
Roger Abernathy
Mikhail Rasumny
Dr. Axel Torgelson
Percy Helton
Joe Hershey
Harry Antrim
Mr. Whiting
Wallis Clark
Mr. Van Alstyne
Frank Ferguson
Hap Ross
Russell Simpson
Farmer
Lester Matthews
(1900–1975)
Mr. Aberson
Murray Alper
McGuinness
Kenneth Tobey
Pilot
Harris Brown
Colonel
Willard Waterman
Commander H.C. Christie
Lois Austin
Miss Firby (uncredited)
Dee Carroll
Stenographer (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Doctor (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Miss Berry (uncredited)
Joseph Granby
Stranger (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Herbert