The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)
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- Approved
- 1h 38min
- Comedy, Romance
- Feb 1944 (USA)
- Movie
After an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but with no memory of her husband's identity.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
| Eddie Bracken | ... |
Norval Jones
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| Betty Hutton | ... |
Trudy Kockenlocker
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| Diana Lynn | ... |
Emmy Kockenlocker
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| William Demarest | ... |
Constable Edmund Kockenlocker
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| Porter Hall | ... |
Justice of the Peace
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| Emory Parnell | ... |
Mr. Tuerck
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| Al Bridge | ... |
Mr. Johnson
(as Alan Bridge)
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| Julius Tannen | ... |
Mr. Rafferty
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| Victor Potel | ... |
Newspaper Editor
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| Brian Donlevy | ... |
Governor McGinty
(as McGinty)
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| Akim Tamiroff | ... |
The Boss
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| Fred Aldrich | ... |
Aide (uncredited)
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| Don Anderson | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Hank Bell | ... |
Homecoming Spectator (uncredited)
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Jane Buckingham | ... |
Nurse (uncredited)
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| Georgia Caine | ... |
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
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Bill Cartledge | ... |
Short Soldier (uncredited)
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| Nora Cecil | ... |
Head Nurse (uncredited)
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Tom Coleman | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Chester Conklin | ... |
Pete (uncredited)
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| Jimmy Conlin | ... |
Mayor (uncredited)
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Hal Craig | ... |
State Policeman (uncredited)
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Roger Creed | ... |
State Policeman (uncredited)
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| Joe Devlin | ... |
Benito Mussolini (uncredited)
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| Robert Dudley | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Budd Fine | ... |
Military Police Sergeant #2 (uncredited)
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| Byron Foulger | ... |
McGinty's Secretary (uncredited)
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Rudy Germane | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Kenneth Gibson | ... |
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
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| Herschel Graham | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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| Eddie Hall | ... |
Homecoming Spectator (uncredited)
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| Louis Jean Heydt | ... |
Army Officer (uncredited)
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| George Hoagland | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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| Esther Howard | ... |
Sally (uncredited)
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| Arthur Hoyt | ... |
McGinty's Secretary (uncredited)
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| Carl M. Leviness | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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| J. Farrell MacDonald | ... |
Sheriff (uncredited)
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| George Melford | ... |
U.S. Marshal (uncredited)
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| Torben Meyer | ... |
Dr. Meyer (uncredited)
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| Frank Moran | ... |
Military Police Sergeant #1 (uncredited)
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| Jack Norton | ... |
Country Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited)
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| Wedgwood Nowell | ... |
Citizen (uncredited)
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| Spec O'Donnell | ... |
Son of Townsman (uncredited)
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| Keith Richards | ... |
Secret Service Man (uncredited)
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| Harry Rosenthal | ... |
Mr. Schwartz (uncredited)
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| Almira Sessions | ... |
Justice's Wife (uncredited)
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Freddie Steele | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Connie Tompkins | ... |
Cecelia (uncredited)
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| Max Wagner | ... |
Military Police Driver (uncredited)
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| Bobby Watson | ... |
Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
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Conrad Wiedell | ... |
Dancing Soldier (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Preston Sturges | ||
Written by
| Preston Sturges | ... | (original screenplay) |
Produced by
| Buddy G. DeSylva | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Preston Sturges | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Charles Bradshaw | ... | (music score by) |
| Leo Shuken | ... | (music score by) |
Cinematography by
| John F. Seitz | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Stuart Gilmore | ... | (edited by) |
Art Direction by
| Hans Dreier | ||
| Ernst Fegté | ||
Set Decoration by
| Stephen Seymour | ... | (as Steve Seymour) |
Costume Design by
| Edith Head | ... | (costumes) |
Makeup Department
| Wally Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
| Leonora Sabine | ... | hair supervisor (uncredited) |
Production Management
| Richard Blaydon | ... | assistant production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Barton Adams | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
| Edmond F. Bernoudy | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
| P. Martin | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Sam Comer | ... | supervising set decorator (uncredited) |
| Oscar Lau | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Hugo Grenzbach | ... | sound recordist |
| Walter Oberst | ... | sound recordist |
Stunts
| Bill Cartledge | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Location Management
| Norman Lacey | ... | location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Sigmund Krumgold | ... | musical director |
| Gil Grau | ... | composer: stock music (uncredited) |
| George Parrish | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Claire Behnke | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Budd Fine | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Gibson | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
| Edwin Gillette | ... | secretary: Mr. Sturges (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Paramount Pictures (1944) (United States) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Corporation)
- Paramount Film Service (1944) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Paramount British Pictures (1944) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Paramount Film Service (1944) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Film AB Paramount (1946) (Sweden) (theatrical) (reissue)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (1999) (United States) (VHS)
- Art Station (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
- Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Archive Collection (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- Swashbuckler Films (2014) (France) (tv)
- The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Post Logic Studios (digital restoration)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Trudy Kockenlocker, a small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers, wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember--and she's pregnant. Norval Jones, the 4-F local boy who's been in love with Trudy for years, tries to help her find a way out of her predicament. Trudy complicates matters further by falling for Norval, and events snowball from there.
Written by James Meek |
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| Taglines | A Scanda-Laugh Fest! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The long tracking shots of Betty Hutton and Eddie Bracken (and also Hutton and Diana Lynn) delivering pages of dialogue while walking for five minutes down several blocks of the town streets were extremely complex to film for that era. Cameras were placed on tracks and pulled backwards by six crewmembers. The sound crew also walked backwards with handheld boom microphones, while other assistants maneuvered 300 yards of cable, lights and reflectors. Preston Sturges and John Seitz shot more than 11,000 feet of film before they got the desired footage (400 feet) they needed. See more » |
| Goofs | When Norval and Mr. Kockenlocker are sitting on the front porch talking, Mr. Kockenlocker is cleaning his gun. He has an automatic pistol, he cocks it to open the chamber for cleaning, and in the next scene he cocks it again. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in La Bamba/The Whistle Blower/Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise/Jean De Florette (1987). See more » |
| Soundtracks | The Bell in the Bay See more » |
| Crazy Credits | [From the movie preview] The entertainment miracle....created by Hollywood's gayest wizard - Preston Sturges. See more » |
| Quotes |
Constable Kockenlocker:
[to his 14-year-old daughter, gruffly but jokingly]
Listen, Zipper-puss! Some day they're just gonna find your hair ribbon and an axe someplace. Nothing else! The Mystery of Morgan's Creek! See more » |