Something for the Birds (1952)
- Starring:
- Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, (more)
- Director(s):
- Robert Wise
Synopsis of Something for the Birds
Something for the Birds is a toothless satire of Washington, filmed during the McCarthy era. For lack of a political target that wouldn't get them labeled as Communists, the producers decided to go after lobbyists. Patricia Neal comes to Washington on behalf of the preservation of the California Condor; she finds herself the object of ridicule for almost everyone, including leading man Victor Mature, a lobbyist for the oil interests who threatens a large bird sanctuary. Edmund Gwenn is one of the few Washingtonians willing to financially back Neal's cause; unfortunately he turns out to be a charlatan with nary a nickel to his name. Eventually Mature is made to realize that the plight of the Condor is worthy worrying about, and he is able to dissuade the agreeable oil executives from drilling on the bird's territory. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Something for the Birds
- Victor Mature - Steve Bennett
- Edmund Gwenn - Johnnie Adams
- Gladys Hurlbut - Mrs. Rice
- Christian Rub - Leo
- Walter S. Baldwin - Bigelow
- Richard Garrick - Chandler
- John Brown - Mr. Lund
- Joan Miller - Mac
- Norman Field - Judge
- Emmett Vogan - Beecham
- Charles Watts - Jessup
- Norma Varden - Congresswoman Bates
- John Maxwell - Congressman Craig
- Herbert Lytton - Captain
- Paul Power - Court Clerk
- Robert Livingston - General
- Sam McDaniel
- Russell Gaige - Winthrop
- Patricia Neal - Anne Richards
- Larry Keating - Patterson
- Hugh Sanders - Grady
- Wilton Graff - Taylor
- Archer MacDonald - Lemmer
- Ian Wolfe - Foster
- Camillo Guercio - Duncan
- Madge Blake - Mrs. Chadwick
- Gordon Nelson - O'Malley
- John Ayres - Congressman Walker
- Rodney Bell - Announcer
- Leo Curley - Congressman Macy
- Edmund Cobb - Reporter
- Fred Datig Jr. - Bellhop
- Elizabeth Flournoy - Receptionist
- Joan Shawlee - Woman in Station
- Louise Lorimer - Mrs. Winthrop
- Director(s):
- Robert Wise
- Writer(s):
- Boris Ingster, I.A.L. Diamond
- Producer(s):
- Samuel G. Engel
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