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The Sun Comes Up

"A grand threesome who will win your heart!"

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1949 · 1h 33m
Adventure, Drama, Action, Family
Starring Jeanette MacDonald · Lloyd Nolan · Claude Jarman Jr.
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About

Set in the rural south of the United States, a bereaved war widow learns to put aside her bitterness and grief as she grows to love a young orphan boy and his dog.

Theatrical
May 12, 1949
Box Office
$2.0M
Budget
$1.7M
Return
1.2x
Director
Richard Thorpe
Writer
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Producer
Robert Sisk
Music
André Previn
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Keywords
orphan dog lassie
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Cast

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J
Jeanette MacDonald
Helen Lorfield Winter
L
Lloyd Nolan
Thomas I. Chandler
C
Claude Jarman Jr.
Jerry
L
Lewis Stone
Arthur Norton
P
Percy Kilbride
Mr. Willie B. Williegood
N
Nicholas Joy
Victor Alvord
M
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Golightly
H
Hope Landin
Mrs. Pope
E
Esther Somers
Susan, the maid

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