Summary
The Great Profile is an American film comedy first released in 1940,
directed by Walter Lang.
The film stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, John Payne and Anne Baxter.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Walter Lang
- Script: Milton Sperling, Hilary Lynn, Darryl F. Zanuck
- Photo: Ernest Palmer
- Cast: John Barrymore (Evans Garrick), Mary Beth Hughes (Sylvia Manners), Gregory Ratoff (Boris Mefoofsky), John Payne (Richard Lansing), Anne Baxter (Mary Maxwell), Lionel Atwill (Dr. Bruce), Edward Brophy (Sylvester), Willie Fung (Confucius), Joan Valerie (Understudy), Charles Lane (Burke – the Director), Marc Lawrence (Tony), Hal K. Dawson (Ticket Seller), William Pawley (Electrician), Eddie Dunn (Furniture Man), James Flavin (Detective), Dorothy Dearing (Debutante), Paul Brochard (Acrobat), Ralph Brooks (Audience Extra), Robert Conway (Assistant Treasurer), Sidney De Gray (Critic), John Dilson (Doctor Perkins), George Dobbs (Reporter), John Elliott (Pop – Stage Doorman), John Hiestand (Announcer), Arthur Stuart Hull (Audience Extra), Adolph Milar (Herman), Bert Moorhouse (Audience Extra), William Newell (Reporter), The Pina Troupe (Acrobats), Russell Saunders (Member of Acrobatic Troupe), Robert Shaw (Reporter), Brick Sullivan (Repo Man), Stanley Taylor (Reporter), Billy Wayne (Reporter), Larry Wheat (Audience Extra)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 82 min; B&W
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