It Happens Every Spring

1949

It Happens Every Spring

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Lloyd Bacon's baseball comedy stars Ray Milland as Vernon Simpson, a chemist who develops a product which repels wood. Signing on with a major league team as a pitcher, he throws screwballs doctored with his solution, becoming a sensation who strikes out every batter he faces.

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Cast

Ray Milland
as Prof. Vernon K. Simpson/King Kelly
Jean Peters
as Deborah Greenleaf
Paul Douglas
as Monk Lanigan
Ed Begley Sr.
as Edgar Stone
Ted de Corsia
as Dolan
Ray Collins
as Prof. Greenleaf
Jessie Royce Landis
as Mrs. Greenleaf
Alan Hale Jr.
as Schmidt
William Murphy
as Isbell
William E. Green
as Prof. Forsythe
Edward Keane
as Bell
Gene Evans
as Mueller
Al Eben
as Parker
Ruth Lee
as Miss Collins
John K. Butler
as Fan
Jane Van Duser
as Miss Mengalstein
Ray Teal
as Mac
Don Hicks
as Assistant to Announcer
Grandon Rhodes
as Professor
Mickey Simpson
as Policeman
Johnny Calkins
as Boy
Harry V. Cheshire
as Doctor
Harry Seymour
as Clerk
Ward Brant
as Baseball Player
John McKee
as Baseball Player
Robert B. Williams
as Reporter
Debra Paget
as Alice
Charles Flynn
as Reporter
Mae Marsh
as Maid
Tom Hanlon
as St. Louis Broadcaster
Sam Hayes
as New York Announcer
Douglas Spencer
as Conductor
Pat Combs
as Messenger Boy
John R. McKee
as Baseball Player
Robert Patten
as Cab Driver
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  • Jun 05, 2006
    I always enjoyed this movie. Thanks for adding it as my request.
    Mary G Super Reviewer
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