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The Magnificent Yankee (1950) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

John Sturges

Writing Credits  

Emmet Lavery ... (screenplay) &
Emmet Lavery ... (play) &
Francis Biddle ... (book)

Cast (in credits order)  

Louis Calhern ... Oliver Wendell Holmes - The Magnificent Yankee
Ann Harding ... Fanny Bowditch Holmes
Eduard Franz ... Louis Brandeis
Philip Ober ... Owen Wister / Narrator
Ian Wolfe ... Adams
Edith Evanson ... Annie Gough
Herbert Anderson ... Baxter (as Guy Anderson)
Richard Anderson ... Reynolds
Jimmy Lydon ... Clinton (as James Lydon)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Phillip Law ... Minor Role (scenes deleted)
David Alpert David Alpert ... Secretary (uncredited)
Arthur Anderson ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Robert Board Robert Board ... Secretary (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Morgan Brown ... Justice (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers ... Senator (uncredited)
Lyle Clark Lyle Clark ... Secretary (uncredited)
Dick Cogan ... Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Deery Jack Deery ... Justice (uncredited)
Jim Drum Jim Drum ... Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Evans ... Chief Justice Fuller (uncredited)
Jack Gargan Jack Gargan ... Reporter (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson Kenneth Gibson ... Observer at Supreme Court (uncredited)
Fred Gilman ... Driver (uncredited)
Everett Glass ... Justice Peckham (uncredited)
Robert Griffin ... Court Crier (uncredited)
Sherry Hall Sherry Hall ... Reporter (uncredited)
Bret Hamilton Bret Hamilton ... Secretary (uncredited)
John Hamilton ... Justice White (uncredited)
Holmes Herbert ... Justice McKenna (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes ... Justice (uncredited)
James Horne Jr. James Horne Jr. ... Secretary (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson ... Mr. Amboy (uncredited)
William Johnstone ... Lawyer (uncredited)
Todd Karns ... Secretary (uncredited)
Tommy Kelly ... Secretary (uncredited)
Stapleton Kent ... Court Clerk (uncredited)
Freeman Lusk Freeman Lusk ... Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm ... Marshall (uncredited)
David McMahon ... Elevator Installer (uncredited)
Walter Merrill Walter Merrill ... Reporter (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien ... Waiter (uncredited)
Gerald Pierce Gerald Pierce ... Secretary (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart Waclaw Rekwart ... Observer at Supreme Court (uncredited)
Hayden Rorke ... Graham (uncredited)
Hugh Sanders ... Parker, Secretary (uncredited)
Robert Sherwood Robert Sherwood ... Drake, Secretary (uncredited)
George Spaulding George Spaulding ... Justice Hughes (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Court Guest (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Observer at Supreme Court (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan ... Elevator Installer's Assistant (uncredited)
Dan Tobin ... Dixon (uncredited)
Harlan Warde ... Norton, Secretary (uncredited)
Gayne Whitman ... Senator (uncredited)
Wilson Wood Wilson Wood ... 1917 Secretary Enlistee (uncredited)

Produced by 

Armand Deutsch ... producer

Music by 

David Raksin

Cinematography by 

Joseph Ruttenberg ... director of photography

Editing by 

Ferris Webster

Art Direction by 

Cedric Gibbons
Arthur Lonergan

Set Decoration by 

Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by 

Walter Plunkett

Makeup Department 

Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist
John Truwe ... makeup artist
William Tuttle ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Joel Freeman ... assistant director
Addison Schaumer Jr. ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Jack D. Moore ... associate set decorator

Sound Department 

Douglas Shearer ... recording supervisor

Special Effects by 

A. Arnold Gillespie ... special effects

Music Department 

Leo Arnaud ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
David Raksin ... conductor (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Walter Coughlin ... stand-in: Robert Sherwood (uncredited)
Jack Jackson ... stand-in: Louis Calhern (uncredited)
Myra Jones ... stand-in: Ann Harding (uncredited)

See also

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