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Writers:
Robert Morley (play) and
Noel Langley (play) ...
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Release Date:
June 1949 (USA) more
Tagline:
Broadway Stage Hit . . . Now on the Screen ! more
Plot:
Arnold Boult is determined to make his son a success at all costs. He commits arson, causes two suicides... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more
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My brief review of the film more (14 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Spencer Tracy | ... | Arnold Boult |
 | Deborah Kerr | ... | Evelyn Boult |
 | Ian Hunter | ... | Doctor Larry Woodhope |
| James Donald | ... | Bronton |
| Mervyn Johns | ... | Harry Sempkin |
| Leueen MacGrath | ... | Eileen Perrin |
| Felix Aylmer | ... | Mr. Hanray |
| Walter Fitzgerald | ... | Mr. Kedner |
| Tilsa Page | ... | Betty Foxley |
| Ernest Jay | ... | Walter Prothin |
| Colin Gordon | ... | Ellerby |
| Harriette Johns | ... | Phyllis Mayden |
| Julian D'Albie | ... | Summers |
| Clement McCallum | ... | Sergeant Kenyon |
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112 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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UK:A (original rating) | Finland:K-16
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Leueen MacGrath repeats her stage role from the Broadway production, although her character's surname has been changed. more
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Featured in Some of the Best (1949) more
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Some have commented that they felt that Spencer Tracy was miscast in this film, playing a character very different to the altruists that he typically plays, and being the only American among the principle cast. However, I believe that this perhaps is Tracy's strongest performance, partly because it is so different to his usual roles. Tracy plays a determined and unrelenting man with real strength, although as his wife, Deborah Kerr also has a number of strong scenes, particularly in the final half hour. The two lead performances are however the bulk of what makes this a good film. It is reasonably engaging, with gimmicks of the title character never on screen, and Tracy speaking to the viewer, to keep it interesting, but the plot is not too great in itself, and the story tires before the end. It is also a bit too stagy, which limits how involving it is to an extent. Nevertheless, despite any possible shortcomings, the powerhouse of acting, not only from Tracy and Kerr, but some of the supporting cast too, make this a film worth checking out.