The Voice of the Turtle

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In this adaptation of John Van Druten's Broadway hit, Ronald Reagan stars as a returning GI who falls in love with Eleanor Parker, an ingenuous young actress. Circumstances require the two to share an apartment, though the implications don't get much farther than the wisecracks of supporting player Eve Arden.

Rating:

G
Genre:

Comedy
Directed By:

Irving Rapper
Written By:

John Van Druten, Charles Hoffman
In Theaters:

Dec 25, 1947 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Oct 30, 2012
Runtime:

103 minutes
Studio:

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Eleanor Parker
as Sally Middleton

Ronald Reagan
as Sergeant Bill Page

Eve Arden
as Olive Lashbrooke

Wayne Morris
as Comm. Ned Burling

Kent Smith
as Kenneth Bartlett

John Emery
as George Harrington

Erskine Sanford
as Storekeeper

John Holland
as Henry Atherton

Nino Pepitone
as Headwaiter

Helen Wallace
as Woman

Sarah Edwards
as Woman

William Gould
as Man

Frank Wilcox
as Stanley Blake

Louis Austin
as Theater Party

Ross Ford
as Soda Clerk

Bunty Cutler
as Girl at Telephone

Richard Bartell
as Ticket Agent

Jack Lee
as Director

Doris Kemper
as Woman in Delicatessen

Janet Warren
as Theater Party

Tristram Coffin
as Theater Party

Lois Austin
as Theater Party

Philip Morris
as Doorman

Alan Foster
as Vendor

Brian O'Hara
as Box-Office Clerk

Joan Lawrence
as Bill's Former Girl Friend

Ernest Anderson
as Elevator Man

Peter Camlin
as French-Speaking Couple

Nick Stewart [Nicodemus]
as Elevator Boy

Suzanne Dulier
as French-Speaking Couple

Bernard DeRoux
as French-Speaking Waiter

Noel DeLorme
as French Hatcheck Girl

Douglas Kennedy
as Naval Officer

Robert Spencer
as Boy

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Critic Reviews for The Voice of the Turtle

All Critics (2) | Top Critics (1)

Since these characters have been deprived of their chief motives, their honesty, and their essential innocence, they are also deprived of most of their reality and all their charm.

Mar 2, 2018 | Full Review…

James Agee
TIME Magazine
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The less than talented thespian Ronald Reagan gives one of his more pleasing performances.

Jun 14, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews