Stars in My Crown (1950)

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  • STARS IN MY CROWN


    DIRECTED BY JACQUES TOURNEUR
    PRODUCED BY WILLIAM H. WRIGHT
    METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister.
    In time he has a family and many friends, but he also finds friction
    with a few of his parishioners.
    A young doctor grates at what he feels is the parson's
    interference in the scientific treatment of patients,
    and a mine owner resents Grey's protection of an old sharecropper
    whose small plot of land stands in the way of his continued mining.
    Grey must face a public health crisis and a lynch mob as a result,
    all seen and described through the eyes and memory
    of Grey's young nephew John.
    Written by Jim Beaver


    Full Cast
    Joel McCrea ... Josiah Doziah Gray
    Ellen Drew ... Harriet Gray
    Dean Stockwell ... John Kenyon
    Alan Hale ... Jed Isbell
    Lewis Stone ... Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Sr.
    James Mitchell ... Dr. Daniel Kalbert Harris, Jr.
    Amanda Blake ... Faith Radmore Samuels
    Juano Hernandez ... Uncle Famous Prill
    Charles Kemper ... Prof. Sam Houston Jones
    Connie Gilchrist ... Sarah Isbell
    Ed Begley ... Lon Backett
    Jack Lambert ... Perry Lokey
    Arthur Hunnicutt ... Chloroform Wiggins
    Marshall Thompson ... Narrator (adult John Kenyon) (voice)
    James Arness ... Rolfe Isbell (uncredited)
    Jessie Arnold ... Annie (voice) (uncredited)
    Polly Bailey ... Mrs. Belsher (uncredited)
    Margaret Bert ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Helen Brown ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Matilda Caldwell ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Robert Cherry ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Bill Clauson ... Cade Isbell (uncredited)
    Chuck Courtney ... Jed Isbell (uncredited)
    Fred Datig Jr. ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Adeline De Walt Reynolds ... Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
    Helen Eby-Rock ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Edmund Glover ... Clyde Chapman (uncredited)
    Jessica Grayson ... Bessie - Maid (uncredited)
    Eula Guy ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Ralph Hodges ... Tom Isbell (uncredited)
    Victor Kilian ... Ned (uncredited)
    Al Kunde ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Baron James Lichter ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Philo McCullough ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Patricia Miller ... Mrs. Chapman (uncredited)
    Frank Mills ... Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
    Howard M. Mitchell ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Rhea Mitchell ... Mrs. Backett (uncredited)
    Jimmy Moss ... Bobby Sam Carroll (uncredited)
    Patsy O'Byrne ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Norman Ollestad ... Chase Isbell (uncredited)
    Frank Pharr ... Townsman (uncredited)
    James Pierce ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Carl Pitti ... Townsman (uncredited)
    'Snub' Pollard ... Fat Bartender (uncredited)
    Alice Richey ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Buddy Roosevelt ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Tex Terry ... Townsman (uncredited)
    Connie Van ... Townswoman (uncredited)
    Ben Watson ... Gene Caldwell (uncredited)
    Wilson Wood ... Thad Carroll (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Joe David Brown (novel) (adaptation)
    Margaret Fitts (screenplay)


    Original Music
    Adolph Deutsch


    Cinematography
    Charles Edgar Schoenbaum


    Trivia
    Final film of Alan Hale.


    The film's title is based on the hymn "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown?" (originally titled "Will There Be Any Stars"); music by John R. Sweney, lyrics by Eliza E. Hewitt, circa 1897.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Stars In My Crown starred Joel McCrea as a preacher
    who tames an unruly town.
    It was based on the novel of the same name by Joe David Brown.
    James Arness is a young uncredited actor,
    and sadly this was Alan Hale's last film.



    User Review


    3 December 2002 | by Ben Burgraff (cariart) (Las Vegas, Nevada)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited once, last by ethanedwards ().

  • I watched this film yesterday evening. I love Joel McCrea in Westerns but I was less than impressed with this movie. Kind of boring and I've seen almost the same plot but more interesting versions.

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