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On Our Merry Way (A Miracle Can Happen) (1948)

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Release Date: Feb 3, 1948 Wide

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Also known as A Miracle Can Happen, On Our Merry Way is a multipart comedy linked by inquiring reporter Burgess Meredith. It is Meredith's job to interview several people, asking them what effect children have had on their lives. First he checks with two itinerant musicians (James Stewart and Henry Fonda), who earn extra under-the-counter money by fixing a music contest so the mayor's son will win. Next he meets Hollywood extras Dorothy Lamour and Victor Moore, who are hired to work with a

Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: John Huston , King Vidor

Written By: Lou Breslow, Laurence Stallings

In Theaters: Feb 3, 1948 Wide

On DVD: Jun 6, 2000

Cast

Burgess Meredith
Oliver Pease
Paulette Goddard
Martha Pease
Fred MacMurray
Al
Hugh Herbert
Eli Hobbs
James Stewart
Slim
Dorothy Lamour
Gloria Manners
Henry Fonda
Hank
Victor Moore
Ashton Carrington
Eilene Janssen
Peggy Thorndyke
William Demarest
Floyd
Dorothy Ford
Lola
Charles D. Brown
Mr. Sadd
Betty Caldwell
Cynthia
David Whorf
Edgar Hobbs
Frank Moran
Bookie
Tom Fadden
Deputy Sheriff
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Zoot
Walter S. Baldwin
Livery Stable Man
Nana Bryant
Housekeeper
Paul E. Burns
Boss--Want Ad Dept
Jack Cheatham
Cop
Eduardo Ciannelli
Maxim Cordova
Chester Clute
Bank Teller
Joe Devlin
Parent
Greta Granstedt
Secretary
Daniel Haight
Squirt
Harry James
Himself
George Lloyd
Mover
Lucien Prival
Jackson
John Qualen
Mr. Atwood
Almira Sessions
Mrs. Cotton
Max Wagner
Mover
Charles Anthony Hughes
Cop
Leo Kaye
Bartender
George Davis
Mover

Critic Reviews for On Our Merry Way (A Miracle Can Happen)

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Strained slapstick comedy with a star-studded cast.

September 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The highlight is Lamour singing a spoof about her on-screen sarong persona. For some fetishists, seeing Meredith's shaven bare chest might supply another.

December 26, 2002 Full Review | Comment

Brandon Judell

Bay Area Reporter

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A drama anthology film if that interests you, I found it annoying, they should have stuck with the first story.

October 24, 2010

AJ Verser

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Started off kind of slow, but then began to build up steam after the introduction of Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewarts characters.

June 27, 2006

Chris Stanton

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