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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1950-12-20
Languageen
Runtime1h 20m
Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

5.9(8)
•1950•1h 20m

The Magnificent Yankee

Drama

Overview

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Director
John Sturges
Writing & Screenplay
Emmet Lavery
Cinematography
Joseph Ruttenberg

Principal Cast

17 credited
Louis Calhern
Louis CalhernOliver Wendell Holmes
Ann Harding
Ann HardingFanny Bowditch Holmes
Eduard Franz
Eduard FranzLouis Brandeis
Philip Ober
Philip OberOwen Wister / Narrator (voice)
Ian Wolfe
Ian WolfeAdams
Edith Evanson
Edith EvansonAnnie Gough
Herbert Anderson
Herbert AndersonBaxter
Richard Anderson
Richard AndersonReynolds
Jimmy Lydon
Jimmy LydonClinton
DA
David AlpertSecretary (uncredited)

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