On Our Merry Way (1948) - film review
Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston, George Stevens
Comedy / Drama

Summary
On Our Merry Way is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1948,
directed by Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston and George Stevens.
The film stars Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda and Harry James.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston, George Stevens
- Script: Arch Oboler, John O’Hara, Lou Breslow, Laurence Stallings
- Photo: Gordon Avil, Joseph F. Biroc, Edward Cronjager, John F. Seitz, Ernest Laszlo
- Music: Heinz Roemheld
- Cast: Paulette Goddard (Martha Pease), Burgess Meredith (Oliver Pease), James Stewart (Slim), Henry Fonda (Lank Skolsky), Harry James (Himself – Cameo appearance), Dorothy Lamour (Gloria Manners), Victor Moore (Ashton Carrington), Fred MacMurray (Al), William Demarest (Floyd), Hugh Herbert (Eli Hobbs), Charles D. Brown (Mr. Sadd), Henry Hull (Dying Man (scenes deleted)), Eduardo Ciannelli (Maxim), Betty Caldwell (Cynthia Dugan), John Qualen (Mr. Atwood (scenes deleted)), Dorothy Ford (Lola Maxim), Eilene Janssen (Peggy Thorndyke), Frank Moran (Bookie), Nana Bryant (Housekeeper (scenes deleted)), Carl ’Alfalfa’ Switzer (Leopold ’Zoot’ Wirtz), David Whorf (Edgar Hobbs, aka Sniffles Dugan), Walter Baldwin (Mr. Pilke, Livery stable man), Bobby Barber (Onlooker with Harry James), Eddie Borden (Movie Set Assistant), Paul A. Burns (Mr. Hawks, the Publisher), Jack Cheatham (Cop), Chester Clute (Bank Teller), Gino Corrado (Extra in Musician Contest Audience), George Davis (Mover), Joe Devlin (Parent), Helen Dickson (Operator at Daily Banner), Tom Fadden (Sheriff’s Deputy), Greta Granstedt (Mr. Sadd’s Secretary), Daniel Haight (Newspaper Boy), Al Hill (Mover), Charles Anthony Hughes (Cop), Paul Hurst (Sheriff), Leo Kaye (Bartender), Ann Kunde (Phoebe Klott), Orley Lindgren (Twitchy McDuff), George Lloyd (Mover), Peggy Norman (Parent), Broderick O’Farrell (Doctor), Damian O’Flynn (Charlie Smallwood, Movie Director), Anne O’Neal (Peggy’s Mother), Joe Ploski (Audience Extra), Lucien Prival (Jackson), Suzanne Ridgeway (Autograph Seeker), Dewey Robinson (Rent Collector), Jeffrey Sayre (Movie Set Assistant), Dick Scott (Big Reporter), Almira Sessions (Mrs. Cotton), Bert Stevens (Backstage Actor with Script), Max Wagner (Mover)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 108 min; B&W
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