Keeper of the Flame (1942)
Release Date: Dec 1, 1942 Wide
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If you're wondering what Citizen Kane might have looked like had it been produced by MGM, we submit for your approval Keeper of the Flame. War correspondent Spencer Tracy is assigned to write the life story of a recently deceased super-patriot. One would suppose that the much-beloved decedent's life would be an open book, yet his widow Katharine Hepburn refuses to release any details concerning her late husband. Tracy gains Hepburn's confidence, and she agrees to help him with his article.
Dec 1, 1942 Wide
Oct 23, 1991
MGM
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Cast
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Spencer Tracy
Stephen O'Malley -
Katharine Hepburn
Christine Forrest -
Richard Whorf
Clive Kerndon -
Margaret Wycherly
Mrs. Forrest -
Forrest Tucker
Geoffrey Midford -
Frank Craven
Dr. Fielding -
Horace McNally
Freddie Ridges -
Percy Kilbride
Orion Peabody -
Audrey Christie
Jane Harding -
Darryl Hickman
Jeb Richards -
Donald Meek
Mr. Arbuthnot -
Howard Da Silva
Jason Richards -
Clifford Brooke
William -
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Dick Elliott
Auctioneer -
Rex Evans
John -
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Crauford Kent
Ambassador -
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Janet -
Mickey Martin
Messenger Boy -
Louis Mason
Gardener -
Edward McWade
Lawyer -
Harold Miller
Man -
William Newell
Piggot -
Rita Quigley
Susan -
Jay Ward
Pete -
Blanche Yurka
Anna -
Cliff Danielson
Reporter -
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Bob Pittard
Tim
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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (2) | DVD (2)
Director Cukor thought the plot was fraudulent, and the film is the worst collaboration of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in her first role as a "mature" woman.
An ill-conceived political melodrama modeled after Citizen Kane.
Middle-brow MGM variant on Citizen Kane. More interesting than good.
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Foreign Titles
- Die ganze Wahrheit (DE)
- Keeper of the Flame (1942) (UK)
