The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding... See full summary »

Director:

Norman Taurog

Writers:

James Hill, Frank Wead

Stars:

William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
William Powell	...	Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
Esther Williams	...	Kay Lorrison
Angela Lansbury	...	Dusty Millard
James Gleason	...	Snarp
Lewis Stone	...	Father Nolan
Rags Ragland	...	Fishface
Frank McHugh	...	Three Finger
Slim Summerville	...	Eel
Roman Bohnen	...	Father O'Doul
Charles Arnt	...	Cy Nolan, O'Neill's Secretary
Louis Jean Heydt	...	Mike Flaherty
Charles Trowbridge	...	Uncle Joe Lorrison
Henry O'Neill	...	Lewis J. Malbery
William 'Bill' Phillips	...	Dave Fernby
Matt Moore	...	Father Duffy

Storyline

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game, but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | newspaper | train | pool room | scam | 

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Genres:

Drama | Music

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 April 1946 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Bom Ladrão

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Angela Lansbury, who could sing, resented that in this and her other MGM films the studio insisted on giving her a voice double. Years later she had stage hits on Broadway in two singing roles, "Mame" and "Sweeney Todd."

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Goofs

During conversations in automobiles, rear-screen projection shows 1940s era cars, long after time story took place.

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Connections

Featured in Biography: Angela Lansbury: A Balancing Act (1998)

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Soundtracks

"How Am I to Know?"
(uncredited)
Music by Jack King
Lyrics by Dorothy Parker
Sung by Angela Lansbury (dubbed by Doreen Tryden)

User Reviews

Curl up in front of the fireplace with your lady and a good video

This is an old-time enjoyable movie, the plot keeps moving, with new and interesting events around each turn. The movie is lot like real life, which has setbacks, but eventually things like character and work ethics are what win out in the end. The protagonist, a war veteran, becomes very wealthy by bravado, good fortune, creative thinking, and hard work, only to lose it in the great crash of 1929. And I suppose that the way one's character weathers misfortune is equally important to the one's character in earning it.

This is not the shallow stuff you see in the movie houses of today. Ester Williams and Angela Landsbury are not only great actors, but are also beautiful and great to watch.