Directed by:
George MarshallScreenplay:
Harry TugendComposer:
Robert Emmett DolanCast:
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, Franchot Tone, Ray Milland, Victor Moore, Paulette Goddard, Vera Zorina, Dick Powell, Mary Martin, Betty Hutton (more)Plots(1)
Moore plays Pop Webster, an old silent film actor who has been demoted to studio guard. Webster, in cahoots with telephone operator Polly Johnson (Betty Hutton), has his sailor son Jimmy (Eddie Bracken) convinced that he runs the studio. When his son receives shore leave in Los Angeles, Pop has to work hard and fast to prevent his son from finding out the truth. So well loved is Pop that virtually everyone on the studio lot is willing to help out with the charade. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bing Crosby
USA
Best movies:
The Country Girl (1954)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Bob Hope
UK
Best movies:
The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Fred MacMurray
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Apartment (1960)
Franchot Tone
USA
Best movies:
Advise and Consent (1962)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Three Comrades (1938)
Ray Milland
UK
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Love Story (1970)
Victor Moore
USA
Best movies:
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Swing Time (1936)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Paulette Goddard
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
Chaplin (1992) - a.f.
Vera Zorina
German Empire
Best movies:
Follow the Boys (1944)
Dick Powell
USA
Best movies:
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Mary Martin
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Night and Day (1946)
Betty Hutton
USA
Best movies:
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Eddie Bracken
USA
Best movies:
Summer Stock (1950)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Vacation (1983)
Veronica Lake
USA
Best movies:
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Alan Ladd
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Black Cat (1941)
William Bendix
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
Lifeboat (1944)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Macdonald Carey
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Streets of Laredo (1949)
Walter Abel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Susan Hayward
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Rawhide (1951)
The Lusty Men (1952)
Dona Drake
USA
Best movies:
The Secret Four (1952)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Lynne Overman
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)