The Time of Your Life
FROM THE GREAT STAGE PLAY!
1948 | 109m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | H. C. Potter |
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| Writer: | William Saroyan, Nathaniel Curtis |
| Staring: |
| Joe spends a lot of his time at Nick's Pacific Street Saloon. Tom, who credits Joe with once saving his life, stops by regularly to run errands for Joe. Today, Tom notices a woman named Kitty when she comes into Nick's, and he quickly falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a distraught young man repeatedly calls his girlfriend, begging her to marry him. Nick himself muses on all the various persons who come into his bar, some to ask for work and others just to pass the time. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 1948 |
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| Director: | H. C. Potter |
| Writer: | William Saroyan, Nathaniel Curtis |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | gambling, saloon, jellybean |
| Production Companies | United Artists, William Cagney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Cagney | Joseph |
| William Bendix | Nick |
| Wayne Morris | Tom |
| Jeanne Cagney | Kitty Duval |
| Broderick Crawford | Krupp |
| Ward Bond | McCarthy |
| James Barton | Kit Carson |
| Paul Draper | Harry |
| Gale Page | Mary |
| Jimmy Lydon | Dudley Bostwick |
| Richard Erdman | Willie |
| Pedro de Cordoba | Arab Philosopher |
| Reginald Beane | Wesley |
| John "Skins" Miller | Tippler |
| Tom Powers | Freddy Blick |
| Natalie Schafer | Society Lady |
| Howard Freeman | Society Gentleman |
| Renie Riano | Lorene Smith |
| Nanette Parks | Elsie Mandelspiegel |
| Grazia Narciso | Nick's Mother |
| Claire Carleton | "Killer" |
| Gladys Blake | Sidekick |
| Lanny Rees | Newsboy |
| Marlene Aames | Nick's Daughter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| H. C. Potter | Director |
| James Wong Howe | Director of Photography |
| William Saroyan | Writer |
| Nathaniel Curtis | Screenplay |
| Truman K. Wood | Editor |
| A. Roland Fields | Set Decoration |
| Wilbur Bradley | Camera Operator |
| Carmen Dragon | Music |
| Joseph A. Valentine | Director of Photography |
| Walter Hannemann | Editor |
| Wiard B. Ihnen | Production Design |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William Cagney | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Trending Position
I reckon that for all but maybe the last five minutes of this, James Cagney spends his time - and his money - sitting at a table in William Bendix' "Nick's" bar watching the customers come and go; each with a tale to tell. It is a very gently paced film; Cagney is almost guru-esque as he dispatches ... his devoted, if a bit simple, pal "Tom" (Wayne Morris) on various seemingly pointless errands as he listens to a variety of short stories from an aspiring tap-tancer (Paul Draper); a cowboy who has maybe had a touch too much desert sun (James Barton) and the shameless gossip (Ward Bond). It does build, slowly, to a climax of sorts - but that doesn't really matter; it is largely devoid of action - it's an observation of routine daily life with just enough spice to keep it interesting; and an appearance from Cagney's own sister, Jeanne, at the end as the love interest for the doting "Tom".