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OSCAR WINNER:
Best Supporting Actress - Ethel Barrymore
Down-and-out Londoner Ernie Mott (Cary Grant) makes the best of things—finding love here, dabbling in crime there. Still, there’s a core of decency in Ernie. But a world of poverty and despair has little use for decency.
Screen legend Grant plays Ernie in a milestone work set just before World War II. Gone is the usual Grant elegance. Instead, wistful Cockney Ernie is closer to the star’s ’umble roots and Grant took great pride in his performance, which earned him an Academy Award® nomination as "Best Actor."
Grant also helped lure Ethel Barrymore back to Hollywood, and she responded vibrantly with an Oscar-winning "Best Supporting Actress" portrayal of Ernie’s dying mother.
Let the moods of this masterwork wash over you. In its ebb and flow you’ll find a moving eloquence close to the heart of the film’s leading man.
Original Release
10/17/1944
US Release
10/17/1944
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Ernie Mott |
Ethel Barrymore | Ma Mott |
Barry Fitzgerald | Henry Twite |
June Duprez | Ada Brantline |
Jane Wyatt | Aggie Hunter |
George Coulouris | Jim Mordinoy |
Dan Duryea | Lew Tate |
Roman Bohnen | Dad Pettyjohn |
Konstantin Shayne | Ike Weber |
Katherine Allen | Millie Wilson |
Directors
Writers
Clifford Odets, Richard Llewellyn
Cast
Name | Character |
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Cary Grant | Ernie Mott |
Ethel Barrymore | Ma Mott |
Barry Fitzgerald | Henry Twite |
June Duprez | Ada Brantline |
Jane Wyatt | Aggie Hunter |
George Coulouris | Jim Mordinoy |
Dan Duryea | Lew Tate |
Roman Bohnen | Dad Pettyjohn |
Konstantin Shayne | Ike Weber |
Katherine Allen | Millie Wilson |
William Ambler | Bus Driver |
George Atkinson | Man with Gramophone |
Polly Bailey | Ma Floom |
Ted Billings | Cockney Bum |
Rosemary Blong | Dancer |
Sammy Blum | Drunk in Funfair |
Marina Bohnen | Girl |
Matthew Boulton | First Police Desk Sergeant |
Eva Leonard Boyne | Ma Chalmers |
William Challee | Knocker Jones |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David Hempstead | Producer |
Sherman Todd | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1945 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
1945 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Won |
1945 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1945 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture | Nominated |