The Harvey Girls (1946)
- Starring:
- Judy Garland, John Hodiak, (more)
- Director(s):
- George Sidney
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Harvey Girls
This glorified Technicolor commercial for the Fred Harvey restaurants stars Judy Garland as a 19th-century mail-order bride. Upon arriving in New Mexico, Garland discovers that her husband-to-be is the town drunk. She cuts her losses and takes a job at the local Harvey restaurant, an establishment which endeavors to bring a little civilization and class to the wide open spaces. Harvey's operation is challenged by saloon-owner John Hodiak, corrupt-judge Preston S. Foster, and local-madam Angela Lansbury. With the help of tenderfoot Ray Bolger, Garland and her fellow waitresses foil the corrupt elements in town. Prominent in the supporting cast are Cyd Charisse, Marjorie Main, Chill Wills, Kenny Baker and Virginia O'Brien (whose musical numbers aren't quite as rambunctious as the contributions of the others, mainly because O'Brien was pregnant during filming). The songs are for the most part perfunctory, with the spectacular exception of the Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer's Oscar-winning "Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe." The Harvey Girls is tenuously based on a more sober-sided historical volume by Samuel Hopkins Adams. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 101 mins
Complete Cast of The Harvey Girls
- Judy Garland - Susan Bradley
- Ray Bolger - Chris Maule
- Preston S. Foster - Judge Sam Purvis
- Cyd Charisse - Deborah
- Kenny Baker - Terry O'Halloran
- Selena Royle - Miss Bliss
- Jack Lambert - Marty Peters
- Morris Ankrum - Rev. Claggett
- Ben Carter - John Henry
- Horace McNally - Goldust McClean
- Mitchell Lewis - Sandy
- Vernon Dent - Engineer
- Virginia Hunter - Jane
- Gloria Hope - Harvey Girl
- John Hodiak - Ned Trent
- Angela Lansbury - Em
- Marjorie Main - Sonora Cassidy
- Virginia O'Brien - Alma
- Chill Wills - H.H. Hartsey
- Ruth Brady - Ethel
- Edward Earle - Jed Adams
- William "Bill" Phillips - First Cowboy
- Norman Leavitt - Cowboy
- Ray Teal - Conductor
- Jim Toney - Mule Skinner
- Robert E. O'Connor - Conductor
- Dallas Worth - Dance Hall Girl
- Catherine McLeod - Louise
- Director(s):
- George Sidney
- Writer(s):
- Edmund Beloin, Samson Raphaelson, James O'Hanlon
- Producer(s):
- Arthur Freed
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