What better number could you buy? It's a sure winner"), he is persuaded to purchase a minuscule part of a ticket for a drawing hree weeks off: "All right.[Note: The gangland slaying in the film was loosely based upon Chicago's infamous St.Valentine's Day Massacre on Feb, 14, 1929.] Only a few other cross-dressing comedies have come close to approximating the film's daring hilarity:Tootsie (1982),La Cage Aux Folles (1978)andVictor/Victoria (1982).Liberal director-filmmaker Stanley Kramer was well-known for directing heavy-handed, social issues dramas, including this "message movie" about racial tolerance and equality - in addition toInherit he Wind (1960)andGuess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).With its plot about a ruthless editor, a marriage renewed by divorce and the threat of re-marriage, a politically corrupt city, and a questionable judicial system, the romantic comedy is both a love story and a sophisticated battle of the sexes (and duel of wits).