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Director:
George Seaton
Writers:
Faith Baldwin (novel)
George Seaton (writer)
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Release Date:
5 January 1949 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Confounding...exasperating...yet wonderfully charming! more (16 total)

Cast

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Jeanne Crain ... Peggy Taylor

William Holden ... Jason Taylor
Edmund Gwenn ... Prof. Henry Barnes

Gene Lockhart ... Prof. Edward Bell
Griff Barnett ... Dr. Philip Conway
Randy Stuart ... Dorothy
Betty Lynn ... Wife (as Betty Ann Lynn)
Marion Marshall ... Ruth
Pati Behrs ... Jeanne
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

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Soundtrack:
In My Merry Oldsmobile more

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12 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Confounding...exasperating...yet wonderfully charming!, 31 August 2005
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Jeanne Crain is a breathlessly talkative expectant mother who lives with her husband, a former soldier, in a trailer; she chances to meet retired professor Edmund Gwenn, who feels his mundane, monotone existence means retreating from this world, but he goes along with her plan to let the couple temporarily move into his attic. The perfect example of what they used to call 'whimsical comedy'; despite a clumsy start, it still seems heartfelt today, perhaps even meaningful. Gwenn conveys the most complex emotions simply by wordless expression, and Crain's exuberance grows on you (she's better though in her quieter moments). With these two front and center, William Holden ends up playing third wheel, but his solid, masculinely amiable presence is a nice counterpoint to kooky Crain and he also has some fine scenes alone with Gwenn. The gentlemen in Gwenn's musical troupe are all wonderful, and the writing and direction, while primed for audience approval, genuinely work wonders with what might've been a stale set-up. This tear-jerker is a true gem. ***1/2 from ****

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