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Director:
Writers:
Russell Janney (novel)
Ben Hecht (writer) ...
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Release Date:
27 March 1948 (USA) more
Plot:
Granting her final request, a Hollywood press agent brings the dead body of an actress, who died after making her first and only film... more | add synopsis
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Stranger Than Fiction and Funnier Too more (14 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Fred MacMurray | ... | William 'Bill' Dunnigan |
 | Alida Valli | ... | Olga Treskovna (as Valli) |
 | Frank Sinatra | ... | Father Paul |
 | Lee J. Cobb | ... | Marcus Harris |
| Harold Vermilyea | ... | Nick Orloff |
| Charles Meredith | ... | Father J. Spinsky |
| James Nolan | ... | Tod Jones (as Jim Nolan) |
| Veronica Pataky | ... | Miss Anna Klovna |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Ming Gow |
| Frank Ferguson | ... | Mike Dolan |
| Frank Wilcox | ... | Dr. Jennings |
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120 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Finland:S | Spain:7 | USA:Approved (PCA #12607) | Sweden:Btl
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Producer Jesse L. Lasky sought approval from the Catholic Church of Frank Sinatra before casting him as Father Paul. The church had no objections. more
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Featured in From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995) more
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Silent Night, Holy Night more
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I don't mean to be disrespectful, but the fact that this film may be based on a true story makes the whole thing insaner than it really is. The dialogue alone may have you roaring in the aisles. Frank Sinatra as a priest with a priestly voice even sings a song and Fred McMurray towering over Sinatra as he stands next to him tries to act convinced and at times he almost succeeds. The one remarkable feature here is Alida Valli or as she was billed "Valli" trying to sell her as the new Garbo. She is stunningly beautiful. You wouldn't guess it for her performance here but she went on to star for Luchino Visconti in "Senso" and years later for Bernardo Bertolucci in "The Spider's Stratagem" What she's asked to do here is virtually impossible. To makes us care, let alone believe in what she's suppose to be telling us and yet, there is something, don't ask me what but something, that makes "The Miracle Of The Bells" a guilty pleasure of major proportions.