5.6
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
Robert Mitchum
Doctor Robert Sellers
Jean Simmons
Corby Lane (Corby Johnson)
Arthur Hunnicutt
Odie Chalmers
Edgar Buchanan
Ed Meeker
Wallace Ford
Joe Wheelen
Raymond Walburn
Judge Hobart
Jimmy Hunt
Digger
Ralph Dumke
Sheriff
Hope Landin
Miss McMurtry
Gus Schilling
Ed Gruman
Eleanor Todd
Sally Watson
Pinky Tomlin
Elmer Wooley
Tol Avery
Big Guy
Chet Brandenburg
Out-of-Towner (uncredited)
Morgan Brown
Minor Role (uncredited)
Dabbs Greer
Dick Jordan
Jonathan Hale
John Bentley
Florence Lake
Mrs. Gruman
Clarence Muse
Diaper Delivery Man
Burt Mustin
Amos
Carl Sklover
Minor Role (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth
Mrs. Holbert
Dan White
Harley Burger
Gloria Winters
Barbara Jordan
Marjorie Holliday
Director
Lloyd Bacon
Screenplay
Richard Flournoy
Screenplay
William Bowers
Screenplay
D.D. Beauchamp
November 21, 2022
5
Jean Simmons is just way too aloof for Robert Mitchum in this simple story of a wealthy lady who returns to a tiny Arkansan town "Progress" to bestow some largesse after their doctor saved her life many years earlier. When she arrives in her swanky automobile, she discovers that the doctor (Mitchum) is much younger than she was expecting and pretty soon the two are spatting like alley cats! When her gifts cause an inundation of strangers and freeloaders to the town akin to the gold rush, things all come to an head. There are some fun contributions from Arthur Hunnicutt - even when well-off, he just sits on his porch wearing his new suit and from Jimmy Hunt as the kid "Digger", but the performance from Simmons - perhaps epitomised by her rather severe hairstyle - is quite wooden and she really doesn't gel at all with her co-star. It's still quite watchable, though.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00