Man Alive (1945 film)

Man Alive
Directed by	Ray Enright
Produced by	Robert Fellows
Written by	Edwin Blum
Story by	John Tucker Battle Jerome Cady
Starring	Pat O'Brien Adolphe Menjou Ellen Drew Rudy Vallée
Music by	Leigh Harline
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Marvin Coil
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	November 16, 1945 (1945-11-16) (U.S.^[1])
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$738,000^[2]

Man Alive is a 1945 romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew and Rudy Vallée.

Plot

Successful businessman Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride (O'Brien) is knocked out when a tramp he picked up drives his car into a river. Speed is rescued by a passing showboat. Meanwhile, the dead tramp is mistaken for Speed. Speed is eager to clear up the misidentification, but Kismet (Menjou), a member of the crew, talks him into postponing that revelation. Speed has revealed that he is having marital problems with his wife Connie (Drew). Kismet convinces him to pretend to be a ghost to persuade Connie to get rid of a romantic rival, Gordon Tolliver (Rudy Vallée), Connie's old admirer. Comic hijinks ensue, but in the end, Connie realizes she still loves Speed.

Cast

Pat O'Brien as Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride
Adolphe Menjou as Kismet
Ellen Drew as Connie McBride
Rudy Vallée as Gordon Tolliver
Fortunio Bonanova as Prof. Zorado
Joseph Crehan as Dr. James P. Whitney
Jonathan Hale as Osborne
Minna Gombell as Aunt Sophie
Jason Robards, Sr. as Henry Fletcher (as Jason Robards)
Jack Norton as Willie the Wino

References

↑ "Man Alive: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 28, 2014.
↑ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p206

External links

Man Alive at the Internet Movie Database
Review of film at Variety

Films directed by Ray Enright

Tracked by the Police (1927)
Jaws of Steel (1927)
The Girl from Chicago (1927)
Land of the Silver Fox (1928)
The Little Wildcat (1928)
Domestic Troubles (1928)
Skin Deep (1929)
Song of the West (1930)
Golden Dawn (1930)
Dancing Sweeties (1930)
Scarlet Pages (1930)
Play Girl (1932)
The Tenderfoot (1932)
Blondie Johnson (1933)
Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
The Silk Express (1933)
Havana Widows (1933)
I've Got Your Number (1934)
Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
The Circus Clown (1934)
Dames (1934)
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
While the Patient Slept (1935)
Traveling Saleslady (1935)
Alibi Ike (1935)
We're in the Money (1935)
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Snowed Under (1935)
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
China Clipper (1936)
Sing Me a Love Song (1937)
Ready, Willing, and Able (1937)
Slim (1937)
The Singing Marine (1937)
Back in Circulation (1937)
Swing Your Lady (1938)
Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Hard to Get (1938)
Going Places (1938)
The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
On Your Toes (1939)
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940)
An Angel from Texas (1940)
River's End (1940)
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
Thieves Fall Out (1941)
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
Law of the Tropics (1941)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
The Spoilers (1942)
Men of Texas (1942)
Sin Town (1942)
The Iron Major (1943)
Gung Ho! (1943)
China Sky (1945)
Man Alive (1945)
Trail Street (1947)
Albuquerque (1948)
Coroner Creek (1948)
Return of the Bad Men (1948)
South of St. Louis (1949)
Montana (1950)
Kansas Raiders (1950)
Flaming Feather (1952)
The Man from Cairo (1953)

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