Living in a Big Way

Jun 10, 1947

1h 44m

★ 5.0

When a gal who's got curves... meets a guy who's got angles... it's loving... laughing... living in a big way!

Overview

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Living in a Big Way Trailers

Cast

Leo Gogarty

Gene Kelly

Margo Morgan

Marie McDonald

D. Rutherford Morgan

Charles Winninger

Peggy Randall

Phyllis Thaxter

Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan

Spring Byington

Abigail Morgan

Jean Adair

Everett Hanover Smythe

Clinton Sundberg

Skippy' Stuart Simms

John Warburton

Schultz

William Phillips

Dolly

Bernadene Hayes

Attorney Ambridge

John Alexander

Annie Pearl, the Maid

Phyllis Kennedy

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