Summary
The Magnificent Yankee is an American film first released in 1950,
directed by John Sturges.
The film stars Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, Philip Ober and Ian Wolfe.
It has also been released under the title: The Man with Thirty Sons.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: John Sturges
- Script: Francis Biddle, Emmet Lavery
- Photo: Joseph Ruttenberg
- Music: David Raksin
- Cast: Louis Calhern (Oliver Wendell Holmes), Ann Harding (Fanny Bowditch Holmes), Eduard Franz (Judge Louis Brandeis), Philip Ober (Owen Wister), Ian Wolfe (Adams), Edith Evanson (Annie Gough, Holmes’ Housekeeper), Richard Anderson (Reynolds, Secretary), Jimmy Lydon (Clinton, Secretary), Herbert Anderson (Baxter, Secretary), David Alpert (Secretary), Robert Board (Secretary), Marshall Bradford (Head Waiter), Wheaton Chambers (Senator), Lyle Clark (Secretary), Dick Cogan (Reporter), Jim Drum (Secretary), Charles Evans (Chief Justice Fuller), Jack Gargan (Reporter), Everett Glass (Justice Peckham), Robert Griffin (Court Crier), Sherry Hall (Reporter), Bret Hamilton (Secretary), John Hamilton (Justice White), Holmes Herbert (Justice McKenna), Stuart Holmes (Justice), James Horne Jr. (Secretary), Selmer Jackson (Mr. Amboy (lawyer)), William Johnstone (Lawyer), Todd Karns (Secretary), Tommy Kelly (Secretary), Stapleton Kent (Court Clerk), John Phillip Law, Freeman Lusk (Radio Announcer), Robert Malcolm (Marshall), David McMahon (Workman), Walter Merrill (Reporter), Gerald Pierce (Secretary), Hayden Rorke (Graham, reporter for Boston Transcript), Hugh Sanders (Parker, Secretary), Robert Sherwood (Drake, Secretary), George Spaulding (Justice Hughes), Larry Steers (Court Guest), Dan Tobin (Dixon (real estate broker)), Harlan Warde (Norton, Secretary), Gayne Whitman (Senator), Wilson Wood (1917 Secretary Enlistee)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 89 min; B&W
- Aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
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