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The Magnificent Yankee (1950)

89 min · Biographical picture, biographical film, trial film

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Directors

John Sturges

Cast

Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Philip Ober, Eduard Franz

The story

In 1902, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and his wife Fanny Bowditch Holmes arrive in Washington D.C., where he is to become a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Justice Holmes spends his leisure time at his home, where he and his wife entertain guests.

Genres

Biographical picture, biographical film, trial film

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