Great Day in the Morning

1956
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1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.1K

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Virginia Mayo and Robert Stack in Great Day in the Morning (1956)

A Confederate drifter wins a hotel-saloon at poker in Denver but two rival female admirers, local Union sympathizers, Southern gold miners and an orphaned boy complicate his life.

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A Confederate drifter wins a hotel saloon at poker in Denver but two rival female admirers, local Union sympathizers, Southern gold miners and an orphaned boy complicate his life.A Confederate drifter wins a hotel saloon at poker in Denver but two rival female admirers, local Union sympathizers, Southern gold miners and an orphaned boy complicate his life.A Confederate drifter wins a hotel saloon at poker in Denver but two rival female admirers, local Union sympathizers, Southern gold miners and an orphaned boy complicate his life.

Director
- Jacques Tourneur
Writers
- Lesser Samuels
- Robert Hardy Andrews
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.1K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Jacques Tourneur
Writers
- Lesser Samuels
- Robert Hardy Andrews
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Col. Gibson
(as Carlton Young)

Donald MacDonald

Gary John Lawford

Walter Bacon

Townsman
(uncredited)

Rudy Bowman

Townsman
(uncredited)

Lovyss Bradley

Wife
(uncredited)

Fred Carson

Townsman
(uncredited)

Albert Cavens

Townsman
(uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Northern Loyalist
(uncredited)

Lee Erickson

Fighting boy
(uncredited)

Duke Fishman

Townsman
(uncredited)

George Ford

Townsman
(uncredited)

Director
- Jacques Tourneur
Writers
- Lesser Samuels
- Robert Hardy Andrews
All cast & crew
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Goofs
In this pre-Civil War tale, two Secret Service agents discuss the probability of war breaking out. The Secret Service was created after the Civil War.

Quotes
Owen Pentecost: Sure, I'm loyal. I've got an undying loyalty to myself and no one else, nothing else.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: In that part of our country which we know today as Colorado, the Indians fought the white man for possession of the land and the white men fought each other for the same land.

It was a small but bloody rehearsal for the War Between the States which was soon to follow. It had its patriots and its profiteers, its quiet heroes and its noisy flag wavers.

So one day early in 1861 - - -

Soundtracks
Bonnie Blue Flag
(uncredited)
Music taken from traditional Irish marching song
Lyrics by Harry McCarthy (1861)
Passages integrated into the score

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6/10

Hold the Mayo

Those in Denver, Colorado are conflicted as the United States Civil War brews, and erupts. The production values are above average for this kind of western, and it's strengthened by director Jacques Tourneur working with color choreography from William Snyder. Solemn performances from future television stars Robert Stack (as Owen Pentecost) and Raymond Burr (as Jumbo Means) give it an anachronistic air, somehow. There is an endearing kid performance, by Donald MacDonald (as Gary). But, the main attractions are two points of the "love triangle" Mr. Stack forms with pretty blonde Virginia Mayo (as Ann Merry Alaine) and attractive saloon owner Ruth Roman (as Boston Grant). Ms. Mayo certainly can fill a dress; she's both arousing and distracting.

****** Great Day in the Morning (5/16/56) Jacques Tourneur ~ Robert Stack, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr