Directed by:
Leo McCareyScreenplay:
Ken EnglundCinematography:
George BarnesComposer:
Robert Emmett DolanCast:
Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorring, Clinton Sundberg, Minerva Urecal, Louise Beavers, Matt Moore, Ruth Roman, Irving Bacon (more)Plots(1)
Sam, married with two children, is generous to a fault. He is so well disposed to his neighbors that they all take advantage, threatening the relationship to his wife. “I was working with Sinclair Lewis on another story and that’s when my wife told me, ‘Why don’t you make a picture about yourself? You’re always doing the most unbelievable things trying to help others.’” (McCarey) (Locarno Festival)
(more)Cast
Gary Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
One Man Mutiny (1955)
Wings (1927)
Ann Sheridan
USA
Best movies:
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Dodge City (1939)
Woman on the Run (1950)
Ray Collins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Heiress (1949)
Edmund Lowe
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
I Love You Again (1940)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Joan Lorring
China
Best movies:
The Verdict (1946)
The Midnight Man (1974)
Clinton Sundberg
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
Minerva Urecal
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Louise Beavers
USA
Best movies:
Freaks (1932)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Matt Moore
Ireland
Best movies:
Spellbound (1945)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Ruth Roman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
William Frawley
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Joseph Crehan
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Bert Roach
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Love Crazy (1941)
Fury (1936)
Tom Dugan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dick Wessel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Dick Elliott
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Harry Hayden
Canada
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)