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The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film)

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Director
  
John Sturges

Music director
  
David Raksin

Creator
  
Emmet Lavery (play)

Language
  
English

Genre
  
Drama

Running time
  
1h 29m

Screenplay
  
Emmet Lavery

Country
  
United States


Release date
  
28 January 1965

Cast
  
Louis Calhern
,
Ann Harding
,
Eduard Franz
,
Philip Ober

Similar movies
  
Related John Sturges movies

The Magnificent Yankee is a 1965 biographical film in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television anthology series. The film was adapted by Robert Hartung from the Emmet Lavery play of the same title, which was in-turn adapted from the book Mr. Justice Holmes by Francis Biddle. The story examines the life of United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne won Primetime Emmy Awards for their performances. Eduard Franz reprised his role as Louis Brandeis from the original 1950 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film version. George Schaefer won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment, Phil Hyams as lighting director and Bob O'Bradovich as make-up artist. Nominations went to Robert Hartung for the screenplay, Noel Taylor for costume design and Warren Clymer for scenic design.

Cast and characters

  • Alfred Lunt – Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • Lynn Fontanne – Fanny Holmes
  • Jordan Charney – Halloran
  • Grover Dale – Mapes
  • James Daly – Owen Wister
  • Robert Emhardt – Henry Adams
  • Eduard Franz – Justice Brandeis
  • William Griffis – Theodore Roosevelt
  • Ion Berger – Mason
  • Brenda Forbes – Mary
  • Walter Moulder – Copeland
  • Lee Goodman – Dixon
  • Donald Symington – Hamilton
  • Dennis Cooney – Northrop
  • Max Jacobs – Rogers
  • Nan McFarland – Ellen Jones
  • References

    The Magnificent Yankee (1965 film) Wikipedia