The Time of Your Life (film)
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| The Time of Your Life | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | H. C. Potter |
| Produced by | William Cagney |
| Written by | William Saroyan Nathaniel Curtis |
| Starring | James Cagney William Bendix Wayne Morris Jeanne Cagney Broderick Crawford Ward Bond |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Release date(s) | 1948 |
| Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Time of Your Life is a 1948 film starring James Cagney and based upon the 1939 play The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan. The movie was adapted by Nathaniel Curtis, directed by H. C. Potter, and featured William Bendix as Nick, Wayne Morris as Tom, Broderick Crawford as Krupp, and Ward Bond as McCarthy. A Cagney Production, The Time of Your Life was produced by Cagney's brother William and co-starred their sister Jeanne as Kitty Duval. The drama flopped miserably at the box office but is remembered as one of the best screen versions of the play. Jackie Gleason played Cagney's role in a critically acclaimed television version for Playhouse 90 ten years later (which also featured James Barton as Kit Carson); the Playhouse 90 production featured Jack Klugman as Nick the bartender, Dick York as Tom, and Betsy Palmer as Kitty Duval.
[edit] Cast
James Cagney ... Joseph T. (who observes people)
William Bendix ... Nick (saloon owner who loves horses)
Wayne Morris ... Tom (Joe's stooge and friend)
Jeanne Cagney ... Kitty Duval (stage name of Katerina Koronovsky)
Broderick Crawford ... Krupp (a bewildered cop)
Ward Bond ... McCarthy (a blatherskite)
James Barton ... Kit Carson (a cowboy also called Murphy)
Paul Draper ... Harry (the natural-born tap dancing comedian)
Gale Page ... Mary L. (a woman of quality)
Jimmy Lydon ... Dudley Raoul Bostwick (a young man in love) (billed as James Lydon)
Richard Erdman ... Willie (the pinball machine maniac)
Pedro de Cordoba ... Arab philosopher
Reginald Beane ... Wesley (the pianist)
John 'Skins' Miller ... Drunk
