Trouble Along the Way

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Trouble Along the Way

Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Melville Shavelson
Written by	Robert Hardy Andrews (story) Douglas Morrow (story) Jack Rose Melvill Shavelson James Edward Grant (uncredited)
Starring	John Wayne Donna Reed Charles Coburn
Music by	Max Steiner
Cinematography	Archie Stout
Editing by	Owen Marks
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	April 4, 1953
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Trouble Along the Way was a 1953 film starring John Wayne and Donna Reed, with a supporting cast including Charles Coburn and Marie Windsor. The movie was directed by Michael Curtiz, director of Casablanca. The black-and-white comedy was released by Warner Bros. with an aspect ratio of 1:33.

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John Wayne portrays a college football coach (Stephen 'Steve' Aloysius Williams) who has been fired from previous jobs for violating rules relating to players' eligibility. Wayne's character is a divorced father of an eleven-year-old tomboy, Carol (Sherry Jackson). Charles Coburn (Father Matthew William Burke) plays the dean of a financially distressed Catholic college in New York City who hires Wayne to make the college's football team competitive so that receipts from game ticket sales will supply funds for the college. Donna Reed plays a social worker (Alice Singleton) who in investigating complaints of child neglect against John Wayne's character.

James Dean appears as an uncredited extra in the film, during a scene in the college chapel.

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John Wayne – Steve Aloysius Williams
Donna Reed – Alice Singleton
Charles Coburn – Father Burke
Tom Tully – Father Malone
Sherry Jackson – Carole Williams
Marie Windsor – Anne McCormick
Tom Helmore – Harold McCormick
Dabbs Greer – Father Mahoney
Leif Erickson – Father Provincial
Douglas Spencer – Procurator
Lester Matthews – Cardinal O'Shea
Chuck Connors – Stan Schwegler

[edit] External links

Trouble Along the Way at the TCM Movie Database
Trouble Along the Way at the Internet Movie Database
Trouble Along the Way at AllRovi

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