The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)

Director:

William A. Wellman

Writers:

George Sumner Albee (story)
Charles Schnee (writer)

Release Date:

2 April 1951 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The story of what happened at 8:30 p.m. to the Joe Smiths and families like them all over the world!

Plot:

Over a period of a week he voice of God is heard on radios all over the world.

Plot Keywords:

Radio | Suburbs | Newsboy | Drunk Scene | Mother Son Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

James Whitmore	...	Joe Smith, American
Nancy Davis	...	Mrs. Mary Smith
Gary Gray	...	Johnny Smith
Lillian Bronson	...	Aunt Ethel
Art Smith	...	Fred Brannan
Tom D'Andrea	...	Harry 'Hap' Magee
Jeff Corey	...	Freddie Dibson

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

4233 Le Bourget Avenue, Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

This is apparently one of only three films in which the MGM lion is not shown roaring at the start of the opening credits, probably because of the religious theme of the film. The only other known incidence of a non-roaring lion is Ben-Hur (1959), which also has a religious theme, and Westward the Women (1951). (The studio's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) uses the illustrated lion from the MGM record label at its beginning, not a real lion, and so doesn't count.)

Quotes:

Joe Smith, American: You remember what the voice said last night? That we should all do our homework for tomorrow? Well, let's take a look at the things that God told us to look at. Let's just see how great his miracles really are. There's the moon. The stars. It's the air we breathe...

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He moves in mysterious ways

Funny how James Whitmore resembles Spencer Tracy! He is ideally cast as the guy-next-door with his sweet wife and their lovable little boy.

"Next voice you hear" is one of Wellman's weirdest movies ,but he had already displayed his faith in God :for instance ,Carl the sailor in "Safe in hell" (what a title!) tells her love Gilda that He did help them (and He did in a way).

The good idea is that we (the audience) never hear HIS voice :it's all in reported speech .There's nothing spectacular,no end -of -the world-trick (although mom hints at Orson Welles and his "war of the worlds"),just every day life and the fact that God speaks to the world using the different languages .

Mrs Smith is expecting a child ;the boy seems to be afraid of losing his mom to his new brother/sister;the father wants to go to confession.And on the seventh day...

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