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Director:
Leslie Fenton
Writers:
Earl Felton (writer)
Karl Kamb (writer)
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Release Date:
26 January 1946 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
It's the promise of a rare good time!
User Comments:
MacMurray's Tribute to his Home more

Cast

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Fred MacMurray ... Eddie York / Francis Pemberton
Marguerite Chapman ... Joan
Akim Tamiroff ... Jim Arnold
William Demarest ... Chuck Gibson
Rita Johnson ... Mary Pemberton
Harry Davenport ... Grandpa Pemberton
Douglass Dumbrille ... Uncle Wills
Karolyn Grimes ... Stephanie Pemberton
Dewey Robinson ... Plainclothesman
Hugh Prosser ... Mr. Long
Tom Moffatt ... Plainclothesman
Herbert Evans ... Burch, the Butler
Frank Moran ... Timothy - Chauffeur / Henchman
Charles Arnt ... Clothes Salesman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:15

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Referenced in "Charmed: Pardon My Past (#2.14)" (2000) more

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17 out of 20 people found the following comment useful:-
MacMurray's Tribute to his Home, 7 November 2004
Author: superbish (superbish@hotmail.com) from Madison, WI

While Fred MacMurray had always held warm feelings for the hometown where he had always been a star, regardless of his Hollywood career, he used Pardon My Past to deliver his most direct tribute to the small Wisconsin community of Beaver Dam.

During MacMurray's childhood, Beaver Dam was relatively isolated at the center point between Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay. Before the advent of the freeway, none of these cities were any less than a day's travel one-way. So, the budding star had to make due with his limited audience, and never disappointed his hometown.

Pardon My Past was the only movie MacMurray ever produced himself. It is the story of two GIs coming back to America after World War II, heading to Beaver Dam to start a mink farm. The city is made reference to no fewer than eight times, or once every eleven minutes, in the movie.

Fred never forgot his roots, he never grew too far away from his home. He adored the friends he made and he loved the city of Beaver Dam up until the day of his death in 1991. He was truly a rarity from any era of Hollywood, and, speaking as a fellow graduate of Beaver Dam High School, we are proud to have called him our own.

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