Directed by:
Boris IngsterScreenplay:
Boris IngsterCinematography:
Robert De GrasseComposer:
Leigh HarlineCast:
Alexander Knox, Ann Sothern, George Tobias, Sharyn Moffett, Florence Bates, Frieda Inescort, Myrna Dell, Ian Wolfe, H.B. Warner, Martha Hyer, James Warren (more)Plots(1)
Boston judge Tom Bailey (Alexander Knox) has position, security and a lovely home on Beacon Hill. He also has a disagreeable wife, a selfish daughter and a nagging suspicion that somehow his life has gone terribly wrong. Then one day Bailey falls ill and gets a diagnosis from a no-nonsense doctor: he's suffering from "inflammation of the family." A few weeks later, the judge is serving up a plate of Adam and Eve on a raft at a California diner run by a warm-hearted blonde (Ann Sothern). He's lost position, security and that Beacon Hill home. He's found happiness. Can he keep it? Wry and romantic, The Judge Steps Out is a lovingly polished gem that speaks to anyone who's ever heard the siren call of a second chance. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alexander Knox
Canada
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The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Longest Day (1962)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Ann Sothern
USA
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Crazy Mama (1975)
The Best Man (1964)
Footlight Parade (1933)
George Tobias
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Sharyn Moffett
USA
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The Locket (1946)
Florence Bates
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Rebecca (1940)
The Tall Target (1951)
Frieda Inescort
UK
Best movies:
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
The Letter (1940)
Myrna Dell
USA
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
War of the Wildcats (1943)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Ian Wolfe
USA
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Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
H.B. Warner
UK
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Martha Hyer
USA
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James Warren
USA
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Fourteen Hours (1951)
Girl Crazy (1943)
Harry Hayden
Canada
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Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Robert Clarke
USA
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Band of Angels (1957)
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Back to Bataan (1945)
Ellen Corby
USA
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
Sabrina (1954)
Gregory Moffett
USA
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Robot Monster (1953)
George Chandler
USA
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Tom Keene
USA
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Harry Harvey
USA
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Fury (1936)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Russell Hicks
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Paul Harvey
USA
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The Ten Commandments (1956)
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