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On Our Merry Way is a 1948 American comedy film produced by Benedict Bogeaus and Burgess Meredith and released by United Artists. At the time of its release, King Vidor and Leslie Fenton were credited with its direction, although the DVD lists John Huston and George Stevens, who assisted with one of the segments, as well. The screenplay by Laurence Stallings and Lou Breslow, based on an original story by Arch Oboler, is similar in style to that of Tales of Manhattan (1942), another anthology film made up of several vignettes linked by a single theme. The picture stars Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Harry James, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore and Fred MacMurray. marks the first joint movie appearance of Stewart and Fonda, who play a pair of musicians in their section of the film.
Original Release
02/03/1948
US Release
02/03/1948
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paulette Goddard | Martha Pease |
Burgess Meredith | Oliver M. Pease |
James Stewart | Slim |
Henry Fonda | Lank Solsky / Lank |
Dorothy Lamour | Gloria Manners |
Fred MacMurray | Al |
Hugh Herbert | Eli Hobbs |
Henry Hull | Dying Man (deleted sequence) |
Eduardo Ciannelli | Maxim |
John Qualen | Mr. Atwood (deleted sequence) |
Directors
Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, John Huston, George Stevens
Writers
Laurence Stallings, Arch Oboler, John O'Hara, Lou Breslow
Cast
Name | Character |
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Paulette Goddard | Martha Pease |
Burgess Meredith | Oliver M. Pease |
James Stewart | Slim |
Henry Fonda | Lank Solsky / Lank |
Dorothy Lamour | Gloria Manners |
Fred MacMurray | Al |
Hugh Herbert | Eli Hobbs |
Henry Hull | Dying Man (deleted sequence) |
Eduardo Ciannelli | Maxim |
John Qualen | Mr. Atwood (deleted sequence) |
Dorothy Ford | Lola Maxim |
Harry James | Harry James |
William Demarest | Floyd |
Victor Moore | Ashton Carrington |
Charles D. Brown | Mr. Sadd |
Nana Bryant | Housekeeper (deleted sequence) |
Chester Clute | Bank Teller |
Bobby Barber | Maxim's Mechanic Helper / Onlooker with Harry James |
Eddie Borden | Movie Set Assistant |
Paul E. Burns | Mr. Hawks - the Publisher |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Benedict Bogeaus | Producer |
Burgess Meredith | Producer |