Cash McCall

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In this routine business-story-cum-romantic-comedy, James Garner is Cash McCall, a wheeling and dealing tycoon, and Natalie Wood is Lory Austen, the daughter of failing businessman Grant (Dean Jagger). McCall's expertise lies in acquiring businesses about to go belly up, attaching them to successful enterprises and then taking a large tax deduction on the resultant equation. Those deals are enhanced when the once-failing business is then sold at a profit. This is a savvy gambit for late '50s movie fare, but its proponent begins to have second thoughts when he comes up against the attractive Lory -- who is not afraid of baring all for a good cause. The well-known co-stars and others like Nina Foch and E.G. Marshall do their best with a limited script. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Drama, Romance
Directed By:

Joseph Pevney
Written By:

Marion Hargrove, Lenore J. Coffee
In Theaters:

Jan 27, 1960 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Feb 3, 2009
Runtime:

116 minutes
Studio:

WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

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Cast

James Garner
as Cash McCall

Natalie Wood
as Lory Austen

Nina Foch
as Maude Kennard

Dean Jagger
as Grant Austen

E.G. Marshall
as Winston Conway

Henry Jones
as Gil Clark

Otto Kruger
as Will Atherson

Roland Winters
as Gen. Danvers

Edward Platt
as Harrison Glenn

Edgar Stehli
as Mr. Pierce

Linda Watkins
as Miriam Austen

Parley Baer
as Harvey Bannon

Dabbs Greer
as Bronson - Austen's Business Manager (uncredited)

Olan Soule
as Joe - Bell Captain (uncredited)

Robert Clarke
as Reporter (uncredited)

Walter Coy
as Reporter (uncredited)

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Critic Reviews for Cash McCall

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Glossy soap opera about rocky dealings in romance and business.

Feb 6, 2011 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for Cash McCall

Apr 11, 2009

The cast makes this worth seeing. Average script and indifferent direction aside James Garner is well cast in the lead the supporting cast is full of wonderful character actors the best being Henry Jones. Natalie Wood, who did this to get Splendor in the Grass, is charming and incredibly lovely with a great wardrobe in a thankless part.

jay n Super Reviewer