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Mr. Soft Touch (1949)

 -  Drama | Romance | Crime  -  1 August 1949 (USA)
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Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney Teener has taken over his nightclub and murdered Joe's partner. Joe loots the club's ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Joe Miracle
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Jenny Jones
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Henry 'Early' Byrd
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Mrs. Hangale
Percy Kilbride ...
Rickle
Clara Blandick ...
Susan Balmuss
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Rainey
Stanley Clements ...
Yonzi
Roman Bohnen ...
Barney Teener
Harry Shannon ...
Police Sergeant Garrett
Gordon Jones ...
Muggles
Jack Gordon ...
Fanner
Ray Mayer ...
Victor Christopher
Angela Clarke ...
Clara Christopher
Mikel Conrad ...
Officer Miller
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Just before Christmas, Joe Miracle, a returning WWII war hero, comes home to learn that gangster Barney Teener has taken over his nightclub and murdered Joe's partner. Joe loots the club's safe for $100,000 and then finds sanctuary in a settlement house ran by Jenny Jones. Mistaking him for a down-and-out musician, she helps him understand the importance of her work. "Early" Byrd, a newspaper columnist, learns Joe's true identity and writes a column that puts Barney on his trail. The gangsters recover the money, after setting fire to the settlement house, but Joe steals it again, and returns to the gutted welfare house disguised as Santa Claus, and gives the money to Jenny to rebuild. There, Tenner and his gang catch up to Joe. Written by Les Adams {longhorn1939@suddenlink.net}

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IN HEADLONG FLIGHT HE PAUSED...TO LIVE A LIFETIME in 36 thrill-packed hours...with this woman! (original poster)

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1 August 1949 (USA)  »

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A Vida é um Jogo  »

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Just passable
5 December 2011 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Reworking of an old John Garfield film, with some of the same cast, this slight drama tells the story of a guy (Ford) on the run with stolen loot who ends up in a settlement house. There he learns a few things about life and himself. He falls for a woman (Keyes) who works there and has taken pity on him, thinking he is a down and out musician. A reporter (Ireland) discovers his true identity, which leads to gangsters pursuing him and causing no end of trouble. Ford is OK, but Garfield was much more convincing in an almost identical role. Keyes is simply window dressing. This kind of film was very popular in the 1930s, but pretty passe by the late 1940s. Columbia or whomever probably was looking over some old movie scripts and decided to dust this one off and make it the bottom half of a double bill.


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