The Time of Your Life (film)
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | H. C. Potter |
| Produced by | William Cagney |
| Written by | Nathaniel Curtis |
| Based on |
The Time of Your Life 1939 play by William Saroyan |
| Starring |
James Cagney William Bendix Wayne Morris Jeanne Cagney Broderick Crawford Ward Bond |
| Music by | Carmen Dragon |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Walter Hannemann Truman K. Wood |
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William Cagney Productions
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time
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109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $1.5 million |
The Time of Your Life is a 1948 comedy drama film starring James Cagney adapted from the 1939 William Saroyan play of the same title. A Cagney Production, The Time of Your Life was produced by Cagney's brother William, adapted by Nathaniel Curtis, and directed by H. C. Potter. Cinematography was by James Wong Howe. The supporting cast features William Bendix, Jeanne Cagney, Wayne Morris, Broderick Crawford and Ward Bond.
Shot mostly on one set, the film follows the adventures of a group of regulars at Nick's 'Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace' in San Francisco. A sign outside tells people to come in as they are.
At the center is the wealthy Joe (James Cagney), who has given up working to hold court at Nick's (William Bendix) bar. He desires to live "a civilized life" without hurting anyone and believes the real truth in people is found in their dreams of themselves, not the hard facts of their actual existence. Joe has a stooge named Tom (Wayne Morris), who runs his eccentric errands until a woman with a past named Kitty (Jeanne Cagney) comes in and steals Tom's heart. Also appearing are Broderick Crawford as Krupp, Ward Bond as McCarthy, Tom Powers as Blick, and James Barton as Kit Carson.
The Cagneys admired the play and acquired its film rights on the condition that theirs not be in release longer than seven years. They gave their director and cinematographer two weeks for blocking, but changed their minds once filming began, spending freely and breaking their budget.
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