75
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 66GoodWatch 76
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10098Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1949
October 24, 1949
77 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
United States
14 of 14
Paul DouglasLeonard Borland aka Logan Bennett
Linda DarnellCecil Carver
Celeste HolmDoris Blair Borland
Charles CoburnMajor Blair
Millard MitchellMike Craig
Lucile WatsonMrs. Blair
John HoytWilkins
George TobiasRossi
Leon BelascoHugo
Tito VuoloMakeup Man
Aubrey MatherRudolph Hertz
Mae MarshHarris
Edwin MaxCleary- JBJohn BurtonMr. Murray (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Edmund Goulding Director
Writing · 2
- Nunnally Johnson Writer, Producer
- James M. Cain Story
Production · 1
- Darryl F. Zanuck Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Joseph LaShelle Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Robert Fritch Editor
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Kay Nelson Costume Design
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