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Director
  
Melvin Frank

Music director
  
David Raksin

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
May 5, 1950 (1950-05-05)

Writer
  
Robert Carson (story), Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Directors
  
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Screenplay
  
Melvin Frank, Norman Panama

Cast
  
June Allyson
(Kathy),
Dick Powell
(Andy),
David Wayne
(Artie),
Ray Collins
(Commodoro John Balwind Parker),
Cecil Kellaway
(Dr. Kevin G. Maguire),
Robert Keith
(Tim Harveigh)

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The Reformer and the Redhead is a 1950 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, and starring June Allyson and Dick Powell.

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Overview

Kathleen Maguire (Allyson) is the daughter of a long-time zookeeper Dr. Kevin G. Maguire (Cecil Kellaway), who is fired from his job for political reasons. She turns to crusading young attorney, Andrew Rockton Hale (Powell), for help. Trouble comes both in the form of political corruption and a loose lion.

Cast

  • June Allyson as Kathleen Maguire
  • Dick Powell as Andrew Rockton Hale
  • David Wayne as Arthur Colner Maxwell
  • Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Kevin G. Maguire
  • Ray Collins as Commodore John Balwind Parker
  • Robert Keith as Tim Harveigh
  • Marvin Kaplan as Leon
  • Kathleen Freeman as Lily Rayton Parker
  • Wally Maher as Jerry Nolard Boyle
  • Alex Gerry as James I. Michell
  • Charles Evens as Mr. Eberle
  • Paul Maxey as Thompson
  • Uncredited:
  • Matt Moore…...butler
  • John Hamilton…...police captain
  • Frank Sully……officer
  • Mario Siletti……Italian storekeeper
  • Theodore Von Eltz……announcer
  • Jerry Paris……page boy
  • Mae Clarke……clerk
  • Spring Byington……voice of Kathleen's mother
  • Tor Johnson……big Finnish man
  • Edward Peil, Sr. as gateman
  • Reception

    According to MGM records the film earned $1,688,000 in the US and Canada and $439,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $214,000.

    References

    The Reformer and the Redhead Wikipedia
    The Reformer and the Redhead IMDbThe Reformer and the Redhead themoviedb.org