Roughly Speaking (1945) - film review

Comedy / Drama

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Roughly Speaking is an American film comedy-drama first released in 1945, directed by Michael Curtiz. The film is based on a novel by Louise Randall Pierson and stars Rosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Robert Hutton and Jean Sullivan. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Michael Curtiz
Script: Louise Randall Pierson (novel), Louise Randall Pierson, Catherine Turney
Photo: Joseph Walker
Cast: Rosalind Russell (Louise Randall Pierson), Jack Carson (Harold C. Pierson), Robert Hutton (John Crane, ages 20-28), Jean Sullivan (Louise Jr., ages 18-26), Donald Woods (Rodney Crane), Alan Hale (Lew Morton), Andrea King (Barbara, ages 21-29), Ann Doran (Alice Abbott), Mona Freeman (Barbara, ages 15-20), Robert Arthur (Frankie at 17), Ray Collins (Mr. John Chase Randall), John Qualen (Svend Olsen), Kathleen Lockhart (Mrs. Henrietta Louise Randall), Ann E. Todd (Louise Randall as a child), Irving Bacon (Customer in music shop (unconfirmed)), Barbara Brown (Relief worker (unconfirmed)), Chester Clute (The proprietor (unconfirmed)), Andy Clyde (Matt (unconfirmed)), Eddie Acuff (Billiards player), John Alvin (Lawton MacKall), Sig Arno (George), Lynn Baggett (Salesgirl), Walter Baldwin (Jake (wholesaler)), Richard Bartell (Tub customer), Barry Bernard (Billiards player), Joseph E. Bernard (Minister), Marie Blake (Nurse), Lillian Bronson (Tub customer), Paul Brooks (Workman), Johnny Calkins (Rodney, ages 6-9), George M. Carleton (The judge), Jack Carr (Truck driver), Hobart Cavanaugh (The teacher), Charles Coleman (The butler), Cora Sue Collins (Elinor Randall as a girl), Joyce Compton (Prissy girl), Frank Darien (Timekeeper), Joe Devlin (Man at shipyward), Jim Farley (Gateman), Antonio Filauri (Organ grinder), Jody Gilbert (Woman in store), Buddy Gorman (Florist’s boy), Greta Granstedt (Anna’s maid), Arlene Gray, Harry Harvey Jr. (Billy Winters), Victoria Horne (Maid at Millwood), Charles Anthony Hughes (Financier), Bill Hunter (MP), Robert Hyatt (Baby on pony), Payne B. Johnson (Newsboy), Charles Jordan (Man in Morton’s office), Richard Kipling (Tub customer), Manart Kippen (Dr. Bowditch), Mickey Kuhn (John, ages 7-10), Ann Lawrence (Barbara, ages 9-11), George Lloyd (Truck driver), Eily Malyon (The dean), Jo Ann Marlowe (Louise Jr., ages 5-6), Gregory Marshall (Frankie, ages 3-4), Frank McClure (Lawyer), Claire Meade (Nurse), George Meader (The professor), John Miles (Soldier), Bill Moss (Sergeant), John Mylong (Polish waiter), John O’Connor (Attendant at ball), Garry Owen (Barber), Paul Panzer (Rose plantation worker), Patsy Parsons (Louise Jr, ages 12-17), Lee Phelps (Man in mill), Francis Pierlot (Dr. Lewis), Frank Puglia (Tony), Constance Purdy (Tub customer), Jack Raymond (Tub customer), Grandon Rhodes (Jewelry salesman), George Riley (Man at shipyard), Cyril Ring (Lawyer), Mary Servoss (Rose (the maid)), Harry Seymour (Billiards player), Johnny Sheffield (Frankie, age 9), John Sheridan (Rodney, ages 19-27), Arthur Shields (Minister), Russell Simpson (The Colonel (drill instructor)), Craig Stevens (Jack Leslie), Charles Sullivan (Taxi driver), Ferris Taylor (Tub customer), Helen Thimig (Olga (maid)), John Treul (John, ages 14-19), Emmett Vogan (Auctioneer), Joan Wardley (Tub customer), Ruth Warren (Tub customer), Pierre Watkin (Financier), Crane Whitley (Chauffeur at Millwood), Richard Winer (Rodney, ages 13-18)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 117 min; B&W

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