Going My Way
Summary:
It took some doing to persuade the staunchly Catholic Bing Crosby to play a happy-go-lucky priest in Going My Way; luckily he acquiesced, winning an Academy Award in the process. Crosby is cast as Father Chuck O'Malley, newly arrived at rundown, heavily in debt St. Dominic's Church. Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), the cranky, set-in-his-ways curate of St. Dominic's, is none too ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Bing Crosby - (Father Chuck O'Malley)
Rise Stevens - (Genevieve Linden)
Barry Fitzgerald - (Father Fitzgibbon)
Gene Lockhart - (Ted Haines, Sr.)
Frank McHugh - (Father Timothy O'Dowd)
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Review:
Going My Way is a pure Hollywood feel-good movie, with enough social message and star performances thrown in to make it appear more substantial that it is. Nonetheless, it scores very high for avoiding the maudlin sappiness that has hindered many similar films, and there is true chemistry between the film's stars, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitz... Continue >>
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