Banjo on My Knee | |
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Directed by | John Cromwell |
Produced by |
Darryl F. Zanuck Nunnally Johnson |
Written by | Harry Hamilton (novel) |
Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
Based on | Banjo on My Knee (1936 novel) |
Starring |
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Walter Brennan |
Music by | Charles Maxwell |
Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
Edited by | Hanson T. Fritch |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Banjo on My Knee is a 1936 American musical comedy-drama film directed by John Cromwell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording (Edmund H. Hansen).
Ernie Holley (Joel McCrea) runs away on his wedding night because he thinks he has killed a wedding guest. His father Newt (Walter Brennan) and bride Pearl (Barbara Stanwyck) find him in New Orleans and persuade him to come home.