It Happens Every Spring (1949)

★ 6.5 1h 27m IMDb
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A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.

It Happens Every Spring

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Cast

Ray Milland
Ray Milland as Vernon Simpson Died 1986 · Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Ray Milland (born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones or Alfred Reginald Jones; 3 January 1907 – 10 March 1986) was a Welsh actor and director. He is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning port...
Jean Peters
Jean Peters as Deborah Greenleaf Died 2000 · Canton, Ohio, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jean Peters (October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000) was an American actress, known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early 1950s and as the secon...
Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas as Monk Lanigan Died 1959 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Paul Douglas (April 11, 1907 – September 11, 1959) was an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as Paul Douglas Fleischer, Douglas began his career as a stage actor. He made his Broadway...
Ed Begley
Ed Begley as Edgar Stone Died 1970 · Hartford, Connecticut, USA Edward James Begley Sr. (March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970) was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television..
Ted de Corsia
Ted de Corsia as Jimmy Dolan Died 1973 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   Ted de Corsia (September 29, 1903 [or 1905] – April 11, 1973) was an American radio, film, and television actor best remembered for his role as a gangster who...
Ray Collins
Ray Collins as Alfred Greenleaf Died 1965 · Sacramento, California, USA Ray Bidwell Collins (December 10, 1889 – July 11, 1965) was an American character actor in stock and Broadway theatre, radio, films, and television. With 900 stage roles to his credit, he became one o...

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CinemaSerf 7/10 Dec 06, 2023
Ray Milland looks like he's having a bit of fun in this light-hearted drama about a science professor ("Vernon") who, thanks to a rogue ball through his window, accidentally discovers a secret formula that makes him an huge success with the hitherto fairly unsuccessful St. Louis baseball team. Even the best pitchers cannot get the ball to hit the bat! His fortune is made. Except, of course, he is doing all this clandestinely and his gal "Deborah" (Jean Peters) and his increasingly frustrated boss "Prof. Stone" (Ed Begley) are reading about this "Kelly" person in the papers whilst wandering just what's happened to the unassuming and reliable "Vernon". An on-form Paul Douglas ("Monk"), meantime, tries to keep the initially sceptical team onside and help out our boffin as he tries to keep his identity under wraps and secure a coveted World Series game. Director Lloyd Bacon allows his star to enjoy this role and that's engaging to watch. He looks every the inch the scientist-cum-hapless sportsman who also has that traditional lab-coat ineptitude when it comes to dealing with the outside world. There a a few quite fun visual effects, the script is amiably presented and the film, though probably twenty minutes too long, flows nicely towards a conclusion that has to raise a smile. Perfectly watchable drive-in fayre, this.

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