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Sullivan's Travels (1941)

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Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Frustrated film director Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is fed up with serving out easily digestible but ultimately meaningless chunks of comedy for the studios. He decides to set off across America to... Frustrated film director Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is fed up with serving out easily digestible but ultimately meaningless chunks of comedy for the studios. He decides to set off across America to rediscover the daily lives of the Joe Lunchpails as research for his socially responsible next film, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? Giving up all his unnecessaries, he begins his cross-country road trip in hobo's clothes with barely a dime in his pocket to regain his focus. [More]

Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest

Starring: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger, Margaret Hayes

Director: Preston Sturges

Director: Preston Sturges
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Producer: Paul Jones
Composer: Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw

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Sturges' dialog is trenchant, has drive, possesses crispness and gets the laughs where that is desired.

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A dubious proposition, but in Sturges's hands a charming one, filled out by his unparalleled sense of eccentric character.

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Sullivan's Travels is one of the screen's more 'significant' films.

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