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A Man to Remember is a american film of genre Drama directed by Garson Kanin released in USA on 14 october 1938 with Anne Shirley
A Man to Remember (1938)
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Add to a movie listA Man to Remember is a 1938 American drama film directed by Garson Kanin, his first film credit as a director. The picture was based on the novel The Failure, written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, and the screenplay was penned by Dalton Trumbo. The story tells of a saintly small town doctor working under difficult circumstances somewhere in the United States after World War I. The movie is a remake of One Man's Journey (1933) starring Lionel Barrymore.
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Under the grieving eyes of most of a town, the funeral procession of Doctor John Abbott (Edward Ellis) passes a lawyer's office. The lawyer opens Abbott's strongbox for the deceased man's impatient creditors, local banker George Sykes (Granville Bates), newspaper editor Jode Harkness (Frank M. Thomas) and store owner Homer Ramsey (Harlan Briggs). Flashbacks begin as they peruse Dr. Abbott's papers.Actors
Anne Shirley
(Jean Johnson)
Edward Ellis
(Dr. John Abbott)
Lee Bowman
(Dick Abbott)
William Henry
(Howard Sykes)
Granville Bates
(George Sykes)
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