The Man Who Walked Alone
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| Directed by | Christy Cabanne |
| Written by | Robert Lee Johnson |
| Story by | Christy Cabanne |
| Produced by | Christy Cabanne (associate producer) |
| Starring | Dave O'Brien Kay Aldridge |
| Cinematography | James Brown |
| Edited by | W. Donn Hayes |
| Music by | Karl Hajos |
| Distributed by | PRC Pictures, Inc. |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Man Who Walked Alone is a 1945 American B film comedy-drama film produced by PRC Pictures, Inc., directed by Christy Cabanne, with top-billed Dave O'Brien and Kay Aldridge, along with Walter Catlett and Guinn (Big Boy) Williams.
Plot
During the final months of World War II, Marion Scott is hitchhiking towards the small town of Plainfield (a common American town name, although fictional in the context of this film). He is offered a ride by a young woman who turns out to be Wilhelmina "Willie" Hammond, a member of a wealthy society family, running from an arranged marriage to another socially prominent type, stolid Alvin Bailey. Acting on the reported theft of Bailey's car, the police stop the pair and, after identifying the stolen car, put the pair in jail. Willie arranges their bail and takes Marion to the family mansion where, having left her keys, she tries to crawl through the window, causing the pair to be arrested again and the story to land in the headlines of the local papers. Willie initially thinks that Marion is an Army deserter, but after he explains his discharge for medical reasons, she gives him a job as the family chauffeur, even though Wiggins, the eccentric old caretaker of the estate, has misgivings. Learning of the "scandal", Willie's widowed mother, Mrs. Hammond, "old maid" Aunt Harriet, younger sister Patricia as well as family dressmaker Camille, all return from New York, along with Alvin Bailey and Alvin's physical trainer and sidekick, the big "dumb" Champ. After a series of family arguments and complications, Alvin willingly gives up Willie so she can marry Marion, who modestly did not disclose that he was a national hero as a result of wartime valor, that he was hitchhiking simply to maintain anonymity, and was now being welcomed by the mayor and the governor, and honored with a parade by Plainfield, the birthplace of his killed-in-battle wartime best friend, which will now become his adopted hometown.
Cast
- Dave O'Brien as Pvt. Marion Scott
- Kay Aldridge as Wilhelmina Hammond
- Walter Catlett as Wiggins
- Guinn (Big Boy) Williams as Champ
- Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Hammond
- Smith Ballew as Alvin Bailey
- Nancy June Robinson as Patricia Hammond
- Ruth Lee as Aunt Harriet
- Chester Clute as Mr. Monroe
- Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Monroe
- Vicki Saunders as Camille
- Robert Hartzell as Joe
- Charles Williams as Moe
- Tom Dugan as 2nd Desk Sergeant
- William B. Davidson as Governor
- Dick Elliott as Mayor
- Jack Raymond as Taxi Driver
- Jack Mulhall as 1st Cop
Unbilled (in order of appearance)
- Frank Melton [Glem]
- Donald Kerr [Zilch]
- Eddy Waller [Farmer]
- Don Brodie [Desk Sergeant]
- Charles Jordan [Cop]
- Tom Kennedy [Cop]
- Paul Newlan [Cop]
- Lloyd Ingraham [Ryan]
- Elmo Lincoln [Turnkey]
- Mira McKinney [Jail Matron]
External links
- The Man Who Walked Alone at IMDb
- The Man Who Walked Alone at AllMovie
- The Man Who Walked Alone at the TCM Movie Database
- The Man Who Walked Alone is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive