Directed by:
Tay GarnettCinematography:
Lester WhiteComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Mickey Rooney, Pat O'Brien, Beverly Tyler, James Brown, Ralph Dumke, Milburn Stone, Marilyn Monroe, Kenner G. Kemp, Frank Mills, James Anderson, Sam Flint (more)Plots(1)
Johnny runs away from Father O'Hara's orphanage and becomes a roller skating star with the help of Mary Reeves. He becomes involved with women, including Polly, who only love him because he is a champion, not, as with Mary, out of love for him. Then he gets polio. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Pat O'Brien
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Beverly Tyler
USA
Best movies:
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
James Brown
USA
Best movies:
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Going My Way (1944)
Miracle on Ice (1981) (TV movie)
Ralph Dumke
USA
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The Desperate Hours (1955)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Milburn Stone
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
White Feather (1955)
Marilyn Monroe
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
All About Eve (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
James Anderson
USA
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Little Big Man (1970)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
Sam Flint
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Al Hill
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)