Summary
Can’t Help Singing is an American western first released in 1944,
directed by Frank Ryan.
The film is based on a novel by Curtis B. Warshawsky and Samuel J. Warshawsky and stars Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce and Leonid Kinskey.
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Credits
- Director: Frank Ryan
- Script: Lewis R. Foster, John D. Klorer, Frank Ryan, Leo Townsend, Curtis B. Warshawsky (novel), Samuel J. Warshawsky (novel)
- Photo: Elwood Bredell, W. Howard Greene
- Music: Hans J. Salter
- Cast: Deanna Durbin (Caroline Frost), Robert Paige (Johnny Lawlor), Akim Tamiroff (Prince Gregory Stroganovsky), David Bruce (Lt. Robert Latham), Leonid Kinskey (Koppa), June Vincent (Jeannie McLean), Ray Collins (Sen. Martin Frost), Andrew Tombes (Sad Sam), Thomas Gomez (Jake Carstairs), Clara Blandick (Aunt Cissy Frost), Olin Howland (Bigelow (Wagonmaster)), George Cleveland (U.S. Marshal, Independance, MO), Eddie Acuff (Cavalry Officer), Gertrude Astor (Bit Part), Roscoe Ates (Lemuel), Jimmy Aubrey (Customer), Irving Bacon (Bath House Barber), Joseph E. Bernard (Boat Official), Gladys Blake (Bit Part), Nana Bryant (Mrs. Carstairs), James Bush (Cavalry Officer), Nina Campana (Mexican Woman), Jack Clifford (Bit Part), Iron Eyes Cody (Indian who Scares Caroline), Chester Conklin (Bit Part), Heinie Conklin (Waiter), Leon Cortez (Bit Part), Kernan Cripps (Boat Official), Ruby Dandridge (Henrietta), Frank Darien (Old Man), Rico De Montez (Bit Part), Edward Earle (President Polk), George Eldredge (Capt. Sherwood), Fern Emmett (Mrs. Brown), Jim Farley (Bartender), Jody Gilbert (Bath House Attendant), Frank Hagney (Gunman), Eddie Hart (Cavalry Officer), Herbert Heywood (Mr. Brown), Robert Homans (Albert, Washington Policeman), John James (Dispatch Rider), I. Stanford Jolley (Jeff, Pony Express Rider), Frank Lackteen (Man with Gunfighter), George J. Lewis (Cavalry Officer), George Lloyd (Proprietor), Robert McKenzie (Storekeeper), Frank Melton (Cavalry Officer), Art Miles (Bit Part), Dennis Moore (Cavalry Officer near Independence Dock), Jay Novello (Sucker), Barbara Pepper (Bit Part), Bob Perry (Gunner’s Helper), Victor Potel (Guide), Theodore Rand (Specialty Dance Team Member), Renie Riano (Spinster Coming out of Bath House), Virginia Sale (Bit Part), Harry Semels (Peon), Almira Sessions (Lemuel’s Wife), Jack Stoney (Frontiersman), Glenn Strange (Gunman), William Sundholm (Lincoln), Forrest Taylor (Doc Crane), Max Wagner (Cavalry Officer), Phil Warren (Cavalry Officer), Harry Woods (Gunman who doesn’t like Prying)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / Russian
- Runtime: 90 min
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