The Magnificent Yankee

Dec 20, 1950

1h 20m

★ 5.4

Overview

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Louis Calhern

Fanny Bowditch Holmes

Ann Harding

Louis Brandeis

Eduard Franz

Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

Philip Ober

Adams

Ian Wolfe

Annie Gough

Edith Evanson

Baxter

Herbert Anderson

Reynolds

Richard Anderson

Clinton

Jimmy Lydon

Secretary (uncredited)

David Alpert

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson

Secretary (uncredited)

Robert Board

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7.6

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8.0

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7.8

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7.3

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6.9

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7.2

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7.5

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5.4

Anton Tchekhov 1890

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6.4

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7.2

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5.6

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6.0

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6.0

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6.9

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7.3

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7.2

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5.6

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5.7

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6.0

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Cast

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Louis Calhern

Fanny Bowditch Holmes

Ann Harding

Louis Brandeis

Eduard Franz

Owen Wister / Narrator (voice)

Philip Ober

Adams

Ian Wolfe

Annie Gough

Edith Evanson

Baxter

Herbert Anderson

Reynolds

Richard Anderson

Clinton

Jimmy Lydon

Secretary (uncredited)

David Alpert

Court Clerk (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson

Secretary (uncredited)

The Magnificent Yankee

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Magnificent Yankee Trailers

Cast

Louis Calhern

Ann Harding

Eduard Franz

Philip Ober

Ian Wolfe

Edith Evanson

Herbert Anderson

Richard Anderson

Jimmy Lydon

David Alpert

Arthur Anderson

Robert Board

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Robert Board

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