Good News

Dec 4, 1947

1h 35m

★ 6.2

M-G-M's terrific technicolor musical!

Overview

At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Good News Trailers

Cast

Connie Lane

June Allyson

Tommy Marlowe

Peter Lawford

Pat McClellan

Patricia Marshall

Babe Doolittle

Joan McCracken

Bobby Turner

Ray McDonald

Danny

Mel Tormé

Peter Van Dyne III

Robert E. Strickland

Coach Johnson

Donald MacBride

Pooch

Tom Dugan

Professor Kennyon

Clinton Sundberg

Beef

Loren Tindall

Cora

Connie Gilchrist

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6.2

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6.5

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6.7

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6.9

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6.2

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6.5

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5.5

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7.9

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7.1

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0.0

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6.6

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0.0

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5.5

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No overview available.

6.3

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0.0

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7.7

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7.3

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7.3

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