| Release Date: | Aug 1943 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance |
| Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
| Cast: | Gene Tierney (Martha), Don Ameche (Henry Van Cleve), Charles Coburn (Hugo Van Cleve), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Strable) Laird Cregar (His Excellency) Spring Byington (Bertha Van Cleve) Allyn Joslyn (Albert Van Cleve) Eugene Pallette (E.F. Strable) Signe Hasso (Mademoiselle) Louis Calhern (Randolph Van Cleve) Helene Reynolds (Peggy Nash) Aubrey Mather (James) Tod Andrews (Jack Van Cleve (as Michael Ames)) Florence Bates (Mrs. Edna Craig (uncredited)) Scotty Beckett (Henry Van Cleve, Age 9) Clara Blandick (Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)) Leonard Carey (Flogdell, Van Cleve's First Butler...) Dane Clark (Elevator operator (uncredited)) Claire Du Brey (Miss Ralston, Jack's Secretary...) James Flavin (Policeman (uncredited)) Bess Flowers (Party Guest (uncredited)) Gary Gray (Boy in park (uncredited)) Alfred Hall (Albert's Father (uncredited)) Grayce Hampton (Albert's Mother (uncredited)) Dickie Jones (Albert Van Cleve - Age l5 (uncredited)) Marlene Mains (Mary, Age 9 (uncredited)) Trudy Marshall (Jane Van Cleve, Jack's Wife (uncredited)) Edwin Maxwell (Doctor (uncredited)) Michael McLean (Henry Van Cleve, as Baby) Doris Merrick (Night Nurse (uncredited)) Dickie Moore (Henry Van Cleve in his Teenage Years...) Bert Moorhouse (Party Guest (uncredited)) Clarence Muse (Jasper - Strable's Butler (uncredited)) Anne O'Neal (Day Nurse (uncredited)) Nino Pipitone Jr. (Jack Van Cleve, as Child (uncredited)) Maureen Roden-Ryan (Bediliah, Nurse in Park (uncredited)) Anita Sharp-Bolster (Mrs. Cooper-Cooper (uncredited)) Gerald Oliver Smith (Smith, Van Cleve's Second Butler...) |
Henry Van Cleve presents himself at the gates of Hell only to find he is closely vetted on his qualifications for entry. Surprised there is any question on his suitability, he recounts his lively life and the women he has known from his mother onwards, but mainly concentrating on his happy but sometimes difficult twenty-five years of marriage to Martha.
