IMDb > Cass Timberlane (1947)

Cass Timberlane (1947) More at IMDbPro »


IMDb Holiday Movie Guide

Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   261 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Up 23% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Director:
Writers:
Sinclair Lewis (novel)
Donald Ogden Stewart (adaptation) ...
more
Contact:
View company contact information for Cass Timberlane on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
January 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
"In Love With Her Was Like Being in an Earthquake!"
Plot:
Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is... more | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
User Comments:
Soap Opera From Sinclair Lewis more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Spencer Tracy ... Cass Timberlane

Lana Turner ... Virginia 'Jinny' Marshland
Zachary Scott ... Bradd Criley
Tom Drake ... Jamie Wargate
Mary Astor ... Queenie Havock
Albert Dekker ... Boone Havock
Margaret Lindsay ... Chris Grau
Rose Hobart ... Diantha Marl
John Litel ... Webb Wargate
Mona Barrie ... Avis Elderman
Josephine Hutchinson ... Lillian Drover
Selena Royle ... Louise Wargate
Frank Wilcox ... Gregg Marl
Richard Gaines ... Dennis Thane
John Alexander ... Dr. Roy Drover
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sinclair Lewis' Cass Timberlane (USA) (promotional title)
more
Runtime:
119 min
Country:
Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Fay Hendry, the mother of Sonya Hendry, a young girl who appeared in the film, was awarded nearly $30,000 for injuries she sustained when the girl was struck by a falling reflector at the site of location filming. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Forecast (1945) more

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.
5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Soap Opera From Sinclair Lewis, 9 March 2007
6/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Cass Timberlane is a surprising piece of work coming from the pen of Sinclair Lewis. Lewis's reputation as American novelist comes from such polemical work as It Can't Happen Here, Main Street, and Elmer Gantry. The novel Cass Timberlane plays more like a Ross Hunter type soap opera.

To be sure there are some of the Sinclair Lewis that we know in the class conscious town where Cass Timberlane is a judge. And I certainly can't comment on the book, possibly it was more polemical and political than what we got in the film.

Spencer Tracy plays the title role, a judge in an average size midwestern town that has its good and bad, though it seems that how much money you have determines how good you are. Tracy has been a widower for many years and a pretty lonely fellow away from court.

But one day in court, young Lana Turner pops up as a witness in a negligence case before the judge. She's from the other side of the tracks so to speak. And there's a considerable age difference. Despite that Tracy and Turner fall in love and are married.

At this point the film becomes a soap opera with weak chinned heel Zachary Scott making a big play for Turner who's not happy with the way Tracy's high toned friends are treating her.

Tracy's good, he always is and Turner is luminescently beautiful. Scott has the heel role down pat, it's just a carry over from the part he did in Mildred Pierce. Look for a good performance also from Albert Dekker the corrupt leading citizen in the town.

This is a film that should have waited a decade and have Ross Hunter produce it.

Was the above comment useful to you?
more (9 total)

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Cass Timberlane (1947)

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
- - - - -
Gone with the Wind Giant Strangers on a Train Mr. & Mrs. Bridge The Postman Always Rings Twice
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
Show more recommendations

Related Links

Full cast and crew Company credits External reviews
IMDb Drama section IMDb USA section Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.