Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Written by	Stuart Palmer (story); Craig Rice (story); William Bowers
Produced by	William H. Wright
Starring	Marjorie Main; James Whitmore
Cinematography	Ray June
Edited by	Gene Ruggiero
Music by	Adolph Deutsch
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 8, 1950;
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$592,000
Box office	$915,000

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone is a 1950 comedy/murder mystery film set on board a train. It stars Marjorie Main and James Whitmore. It is based on the short story "Once Upon a Train (The Loco Motive)" by Stuart Palmer and Craig Rice.

Plot

Montana housewife Hattie O'Malley boards a train bound for New York because she's on her way to collect a prize she's won from a radio program. Getting on board in Chicago is criminal attorney John J. Malone, whose client, Steve Kepplar, just released from prison in Joliet, still owes him $10,000.

Suspicion exists that Kepplar himself will be on the train, heading to New York to retrieve $100,000 he previously stashed from a robbery. Chicago detective Tim Marino is a passenger. So is the ex-convict's business partner, Myron Brynk, and his moll, a looker named Lola.

Kepplar is indeed along for the ride, disguised as a sailor. Lola is in on it, hiding him in her compartment. But soon his dead body is found, followed by hers. More and more, the detective comes to believe lawyer Marino and even Hattie could be involved in this, but Brynk turns out to be the man he's after.

Cast

Marjorie Main as Harriet "Hattie" O'Malley
James Whitmore as John J. Malone
Ann Dvorak as Connie Kepplar
Phyllis Kirk as Kay
Fred Clark as Inspector Tim Marino
Dorothy Malone as Lola Gillway
Clinton Sundberg as Donald
Douglas Fowley as Steve Kepplar
Willard Waterman as Mr. Ogle
Don Porter as Myron Brynk
Jack Bailey as The Game Show Host
Nancy Saunders as Joanie
Basil Tellou as The Greek Passenger
James Burke as The Train Conductor

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $772,000 in the US and Canada and $143,000 overseas, leading to a loss of $31,000.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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