Adventure (1945)
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A middle-aged Clark Gable returned from active duty in World War II to star in this MGM release that was heavily advertised as his big comeback. Gable is Harry Patterson, the bosun mate on a merchant marine vessel, a tough sailor and fighter with the proverbial girl in every port. But while in a San Francisco library, looking up a book on the human soul for his sidekick Mudgin (Thomas Mitchell), who thinks his soul has departed his body, Harry meets librarian Emily Sears (Greer Garson), whom he woos, marries, and leaves to sail off on another freighter. When he returns, Emily has retreated to an old farm to await the birth of their child. Harry continues to resent staying in one place, but he ultimately changes his tune when his baby's life hangs in the balance. Garson and Joan Blondell, playing her outspoken best friend, are both terrific, and Gable gives a less heroic performance that's a thoughtful change for him, although critics at the time were less than charitable. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Clark Gable - Harry Patterson
- Joan Blondell - Helen Melohn
- Tom Tully - Gus
- John Qualen - Model T
- Philip Merivale - Old Ramon Estado
- Tito Renaldo - Young Ramon Estado
- Pedro de Cordoba - Felipe
- Kay Medford - Red
- Marta Linden - Adele
- Esther Howard - Blister
- Dorothy Granger - Cashier
- Byron Foulger - Littleton
- Tom Kingston - Chip Man
- Rebel Randall
- Harry Wilson - Big mug
- Pierre Watkin - Mr. Buckley
- Gary Owen - Jabbo
- Audrey Totter - Ethel
- Ray Teal - Rico
- Lee Phelps - Bartender
- Chef Joseph Milani - Rudolfo
- Max Davidson - Man in library
- Florence Auer - Landlady
- Betty Blythe - Mrs. Buckley
- Greer Garson - Emily Sears
- Thomas Mitchell - Mudgin
- Richard Haydn - Emo
- Lina Romay - Maria
- Harry Davenport - Dr. Ashlan
- Stanley Andrews - Officer
- Bess Flowers - Modiste
- Claire McDowell - Woman in library
- Charles La Torre - Tony
- Eddie Hart - Milkman
- Martin Garralaga - Nick, bartender
- Rex Ingram - Black Preacher
- Sue Moore - Dames
- Jack Young - Captain
- Martha Wentworth - Woman
- Dorothy Vaughan - Mrs. Ludlow
- Harry Tyler - Doctor
- Joan Thorsen - Model
- Elizabeth Russell - First dame
- Ralph Peters - Joe
- Sayre Dearing - Roulette Man
- Morris Ankrum - Mr. Ludlow
- Barbara Billingsley - Dame
- Joseph Crehan - Ed
- Director(s):
- Victor Fleming
- Producer(s):
- Sam Zimbalist
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