Man Alive (1945 film) explained

Man Alive
Director:Ray Enright
Producer:Robert Fellows
Story:John Tucker Battle
Jerome Cady
Starring:Pat O'Brien
Adolphe Menjou
Ellen Drew
Rudy Vallée
Music:Leigh Harline
Cinematography:Frank Redman
Editing:Marvin Coil
Distributor:RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$738,000[1]

Man Alive is a 1945 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew and Rudy Vallée.

Plot

The successful businessman Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride (Pat O'Brien) is knocked out when a tramp he picked up drives his car into a river. Speed is rescued by a passing showboat. Meanwhile, the dead tramp is mistaken for Speed. Speed is eager to clear up the misidentification, but Kismet (Adolphe Menjou), a member of the crew, talks him into postponing that revelation. Speed has revealed that he is having marital problems with his wife Connie (Ellen Drew). Kismet convinces him to pretend to be a ghost to persuade Connie to get rid of a romantic rival, Gordon Tolliver (Rudy Vallée), Connie's old admirer. Comic hijinks ensue, but in the end, Connie realizes she still loves Speed.

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Notes and References

  1. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p206