Great Day in the Morning (1956)
Overview
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a Confederate minority in a strongly Unionist town.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 4.064 |
Directed By
Jacques Tourneur
Crew
Robert Hardy Andrews
Jacques Tourneur
Cliff P. Broughton
Edmund Grainger
Leith Stevens
Terry Kellum
Harry Marker
Gwen Wakeling
John C. Grubb
Larry Butterworth
William E. Snyder
John Burch
James E. Casey
Jack Okey
Annabell Levy
Lesser Samuels
TOP CAST
Robert Stack
Owen Pentecost
Virginia Mayo
Ann Merry Alaine
Ruth Roman
Boston Grant
Alex Nicol
Captain Stephen Kirby
Raymond Burr
Jumbo Means
Leo Gordon
Zeff Masterson
Regis Toomey
Father Murphy
Carleton Young
Col. Gibson
Donald MacDonald
Gary John Lawford
Kermit Maynard
Southern Sympathizer (uncredited)
Paul McGuire
Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Doctor (uncredited)
Cap Somers
Miner (uncredited)
Dan White
Rogers (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Northern Loyalist (uncredited)
Ben Corbett
Townsman (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Miner (uncredited)
Al Haskell
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Barfly (uncredited)
Mitchell Kowall
Mower - Norther Loyalist (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Cowboy (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Barfly (uncredited)
Dennis Moore
Townsman (uncredited)
William Phipps
Ralston (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Bartender (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Barfly (uncredited)
Syd Saylor
Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Barfly (uncredited)
George D. Wallace
Jack Lawford (uncredited)
Peter Whitney
Phil the Cannibal (uncredited)
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