The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Overview
Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.742 |
Directed By
John Sturges
Crew
Emmet Lavery
John Sturges
A. Arnold Gillespie
William Tuttle
Leo Arnaud
Jack Jackson
Walter Coughlin
Joel Freeman
David Raksin
Emmet Lavery
Sydney Guilaroff
Paul Marquardt
Jack D. Moore
Douglas Shearer
Myra Jones
John Truwe
Addison Schaumer Jr.
Robert Franklyn
David Raksin
Francis Biddle
David Raksin
Joseph Ruttenberg
Edwin B. Willis
Armand Deutsch
Cedric Gibbons
Arthur Lonergan
Ferris Webster
Walter Plunkett
TOP CAST
Louis Calhern
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ann Harding
Fanny Bowditch Holmes
Eduard Franz
Louis Brandeis
Philip Ober
Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Ian Wolfe
Adams
Edith Evanson
Annie Gough
Herbert Anderson
Baxter
Richard Anderson
Reynolds
Jimmy Lydon
Clinton
David Alpert
Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Anderson
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Board
Secretary (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
Justice (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Senator (uncredited)
Lyle Clark
Secretary (uncredited)
Dick Cogan
Reporter (uncredited)
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