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The Great Man

5.2

Released December 01, 1956Runtime 1h 32min

Everybody loved the Great Man except those who hated his guts!

Joe Harris, preparing a eulogy for popular radio commentator Herb Fuller, finds that nobody has a good word to say about him.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Cast

José FerrerJoe Harris

Dean JaggerPhilip Carleton

Keenan WynnSid Moore

Julie LondonCarol Larson

Joanne GilbertGinny

Ed WynnPaul Beaseley

Jim BackusNick Cellantano

Russ MorganEddie Brand

Edward PlattDr. O'Conner (as Edward C. Platt)

Robert FoulkMike Jackson

Lyle TalbotHarry Connors

Vinton HayworthCharley Carruthers

Henny BackusMrs. Rieber

Vikki DouganReceptionist

Robert SchwartzMailboy

Janie AlexanderMary Browne

Crew

José FerrerDirector

Phil BowlesAssistant Director

Al MorganNovel

Leon CharlesDialogue

José FerrerScreenplay

Al MorganScreenplay

Aaron RosenbergProducer

Bill ThomasCostume Design

Joseph GershensonMusic Supervisor

Bud WestmoreMakeup Artist

Harold LipsteinDirector of Photography

Richard H. RiedelArt Direction

Eric OrbomArt Direction

Sherman ToddEditor

Herman SteinMusic

Albrecht JosephEditor

Russell A. GausmanSet Decoration

Joan St. OeggerHairstylist

Ruby R. LevittSet Decoration

Leslie I. CareySound

Frank H. WilkinsonSound

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Reviews

When national treasure "Fuller" dies, it falls to his erstwhile radio colleague "Joe"(José Ferrer) to put together the traditionally adulatory obituary programme, and so he routinely sets about gathering information and comments from the man's contemporaries. Quite quickly, though, he begins to dis...