The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

WAS IT THE SOCIETY BEAUTY OR THE NIGHT CLUB SINGER?

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

Date of release
1946-04-04
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Norman Taurog

Casting

Interesting facts

The Hoodlum Saint is a 1946 American drama film directed by Norman Taurog and starring William Powell, Esther Williams and Angela Lansbury.

Production

The film was announced in 1943. It was based on the life of Dempster MacMurphy a Chicago newspaper executive who engaged in philanthropy under the name of St Dismas. Casey Robinson was signed to write the script. Rev Edward Dowling was hired as a consultant. Eventually Frank Wead was assigned to the script.

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