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27/03/1948 Drama 2h 0m
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Overview

The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she wanted all the church bells to ring for three days after she was buried, but is told that this will cost a lot of money. The checks that he writes to the various churches all bounce, but it is the weekend and, in desperation, he prays that a miracle will happen before the banks reopen. It does, but not in the way he hoped.

  1. Irving Pichel

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Fred MacMurray

    William 'Bill' Dunnigan

  2. Alida Valli

    Olga Treskovna

  3. Frank Sinatra

    Father Paul

  4. Lee J. Cobb

    Marcus Harris

  5. Harold Vermilyea

    Nick Orloff

  6. Charles Meredith

    Father Spinsky

  7. James Nolan

    Tod Jones

  8. Veronica Pataky

    Anna Klovna

  9. Philip Ahn

    Ming Gow

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
This is actually quite an uplifting tale of an actress (Alida Valli) who wants to be buried back in her home town. Snag is, her one and only film is considered a bit of a stinker by the producer (Lee J. Cobb) and so when she dies the day after it's completion, a well-meaning Hollywood press man (Fred MacMurray) has to resort to creating a bit of a public interest storm to facilitate her last wish. To that end, he manages to convince local priest (Frank Sinatra) to let the body lie in his church and for the bells to ring for three days... It's told cleverly, partially using flashback, in a gent...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$2,100,000.00

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