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Man Alive (1945 film)

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Director
  
Ray Enright

Running time
  
1h 10m

Country
  
United States

5.8/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Genre
  
Comedy

Language
  
English

Man Alive (1945 film) movie poster

Release date
  
November 16, 1945 (1945-11-16) (U.S.)

Writer
  
John Tucker Battle (story), Edwin Blum, Jerome Cady (story)

Cast
  
Pat O'Brien
(Michael O'Flaherty 'Speed' McBride),
Adolphe Menjou
(Kismet),
Ellen Drew
(Connie McBride),
Rudy Vallée
(Gordon Tolliver),
Fortunio Bonanova
(Prof. Zorado),
Joseph Crehan
(Dr. James P. Whitney)

Art directors
  
Albert S. DAgostino, Alfred Herman

Similar movies
  
Related Ray Enright movies

Tagline
  
A Super-Natural for laughs!

Man Alive is a 1945 romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew and Rudy Vallée.

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Plot

Successful businessman Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride (O'Brien) is knocked out when a tramp he picked up drives his car into a river. Speed is rescued by a passing showboat. Meanwhile, the dead tramp is mistaken for Speed. Speed is eager to clear up the misidentification, but Kismet (Menjou), a member of the crew, talks him into postponing that revelation. Speed has revealed that he is having marital problems with his wife Connie (Drew). Kismet convinces him to pretend to be a ghost to persuade Connie to get rid of a romantic rival, Gordon Tolliver (Rudy Vallée), Connie's old admirer. Comic hijinks ensue, but in the end, Connie realizes she still loves Speed.

Cast

  • Pat O'Brien as Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride
  • Adolphe Menjou as Kismet
  • Ellen Drew as Connie McBride
  • Rudy Vallée as Gordon Tolliver
  • Fortunio Bonanova as Prof. Zorado
  • Joseph Crehan as Dr. James P. Whitney
  • Jonathan Hale as Osborne
  • Minna Gombell as Aunt Sophie
  • Jason Robards, Sr. as Henry Fletcher (as Jason Robards)
  • Jack Norton as Willie the Wino
  • References

    Man Alive (1945 film) Wikipedia
    Man Alive (1945 film) IMDbMan Alive (1945 film) themoviedb.org