The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew
Directed by	Stuart Heisler
Written by	Dalton Trumbo
Produced by	Richard Blumenthal
Starring	Brian Donlevy William Holden Ellen Drew
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Edited by	Archie Marshek
Music by	Victor Young
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 5, 1942
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Remarkable Andrew is a 1942 film directed by Stuart Heisler and written by Dalton Trumbo, based on his 1941 novel of the same name. It stars Brian Donlevy and William Holden.

Plot

Young Andrew Long has three interests in life; working as hard as he can as a bookkeeper at his city council, his fiancée Peggy Tobin and the study of American History with a hero worship of President and General Andrew Jackson. When Long discovers the municipal books don't add up and money is missing the guilty corrupt parties aim to discredit then imprison him. Long finds his saviour when General Jackson returns to Earth to help him with aid of several other Founding Fathers of the United States.

Cast

• Brian Donlevy as General Andrew Jackson
• William Holden as Andrew Long
• Ellen Drew as Peggy Tobin
• Montagu Love as General George Washington
• Gilbert Emery as Mr. Thomas Jefferson
• Brandon Hurst as Mr. Chief Justice John Marshall
• George Watts as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
• Rod Cameron as Jesse James
• Jimmy Conlin as Private Henry Bartholomew Smith
• Richard Webb as Randall Stevens
• Spencer Charters as Dr. Clarence Upjohn
• Minor Watson as District Attorney Orville Beamish
• Clyde Fillmore as Mayor Ollie Lancaster
• Thomas W. Ross as Judge Ormond Krebbs
• Porter Hall as Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
• Wallis Clark as City Treasurer R. R. McCall
• Milton Parsons as Purchase Agent Sam Savage
• Emory Parnell as Policeman

External links

• The Remarkable Andrew at IMDb
• synopsis at AllMovie