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H.M. Pulham, Esq. is a american film of genre Drama directed by King Vidor released in USA on 18 december 1941 with Hedy Lamarr
H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
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Add to a movie listH. M. Pulham, Esq. is a 1941 American drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Hedy Lamarr, Robert Young, and Ruth Hussey. Based on the novel H. M. Pulham, Esq. by John P. Marquand, the film is about a middle-aged businessman who's lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, but who still remembers the beautiful young woman who once brought him out of his shell. Vidor co-wrote the screenplay with his wife, Elizabeth Hill Vidor. The film features an early uncredited appearance by Ava Gardner.
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Harry Moulton Pulham Jr. (Robert Young) is a conservative, middle-aged Boston businessman, set in a precise daily routine. He has a proper wife, Kay (Ruth Hussey), with whom he has settled into a comfortable if passionless relationship. However, it was not always that way.Actors
Hedy Lamarr
(Marvin Myles Ransome)
Robert Young
(Harry Moulton Pulham)
Ruth Hussey
(Cordelia 'Kay' Motford Pulham)
Charles Coburn
(John Pulham)
Van Heflin
(Bill King)
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