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Director
  
S. Sylvan Simon

Music director
  
Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Fantasy, Comedy

Screenplay
  
Karen DeWolf

Language
  
English

The Cockeyed Miracle movie poster

Writer
  
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Karen DeWolf

Release date
  
October 24, 1946 (1946-10-24)

Initial release
  
October 24, 1946 (New York City)

Cast
  
(Sam Griggs), (Ben Griggs), (Tom Carter), (Jennifer Griggs), (Howard Bankson), (Amy Griggs)

Similar movies
  
Frank Morgan appears in The Cockeyed Miracle and The Last of Mrs Cheyney

The Cockeyed Miracle is a 1946 fantasy film about a ghost who, with the help of his father (also a ghost), stops his best friend from leaving his family penniless. The ghosts are played by Frank Morgan and Keenan Wynn, the villain by Cecil Kellaway. The film was based on the play But Not Goodbye by George Seaton.

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Plot

Aging shipbuilder Sam Griggs (Frank Morgan) is near the end of his career due to health problems. With the help of his friend Tom Carter (Cecil Kellaway), he has invested all of his family's money in a shaky real estate venture which he hopes will provide a large return. The rest of his family is happily unaware of the deal, preoccupied with their own future prospects.

Sam dies and meets the youthful ghost of his father Ben Griggs (Keenan Wynn), eager to shepherd his son into the afterlife. Sam insists on lingering to help his family as best he can, first persuading Ben to use his supernatural power to cause storms to help along a romance between his daughter and an oblivious lodger, and then to aid the success of his investment by impressing the potential buyer.

Having discovered his death and their own financial situation (but not the nature of his venture), Sam's wife Amy (Gladys Cooper) encourages her children to remember their father fondly. Tom arrives at their home to give the grieving family Sam's share, but succumbs to greed after writing the check and attempts to leave without informing them of their new inheritance.

Though Sam invisibly berates his faithless friend, he and his father seem helpless to prevent the betrayal. However, one last storm cast by Ben leads to Tom dying from a lightning strike. Knowing that the authorities will find the check on his body, Sam and Ben finally leave for the afterlife with Tom in tow.

Cast

  • Frank Morgan as Sam Griggs
  • Keenan Wynn as Ben Griggs
  • Cecil Kellaway as Tom Carter
  • Audrey Totter as Jennifer Griggs
  • Richard Quine as Howard Bankson
  • Gladys Cooper as Amy Griggs
  • Marshall Thompson as Jim Griggs
  • Leon Ames as Ralph Humphrey
  • Jane Green as Mrs. Lynne
  • Morris Ankrum as Dr. Wilson
  • Arthur Space as Amos Spellman
  • Reception

    The film earned $619,000 in the US and Canada and $227,000 elsewhere causing a loss of $182,000.

    References

    The Cockeyed Miracle Wikipedia
    The Cockeyed Miracle IMDb The Cockeyed Miracle themoviedb.org


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