Johnny Holiday (film)

Johnny Holiday
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Willis Goldbeck
Produced by	R.W. Alcorn
Screenplay by	Jack Andrews; Willis Goldbeck; Frederick Stephani
Story by	R.W. Alcorn
Starring	William Bendix; Stanley Clements; Hoagy Carmichael; Allen Martin Jr.; Greta Granstedt; Herbert Newcomb
Music by	Franz Waxman
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Edited by	Richard Fritch
Production; company	Alcorn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 18, 1949;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Johnny Holiday is a 1949 American crime film directed by Willis Goldbeck and written by Jack Andrews, Willis Goldbeck and Frederick Stephani. The film stars William Bendix, Stanley Clements, Hoagy Carmichael, Allen Martin Jr., Greta Granstedt and Herbert Newcomb. The film was released on November 18, 1949, by United Artists.[1][2]

Plot

Johnny Holiday (Allen Martin Jr) is a fatherless boy whose mother (Greta Granstedt) is ill in hospital. He hero-worships the psychopathic teenager Eddie Duggan (Stanley Clements). Protecting the thieving Clements, Johnny is sent to a reformatory in Indiana, where he is taken under the wing of Sgt Walker (William Bendix), the bluff but kindly man in charge of the school farm. Walker asks for Holiday to be assigned to him when he realises that Holiday has a natural aptitude for caring for horses, as well as an innocent, sweet nature.

When Duggan turns up in the reformatory, he persuades Holiday to break out with him. At a Christmas entertainment featuring Indiana-born Hoagy Carmichael, Duggan strong-arms Holiday into an attempt at escape. Holiday faces an ethical choice between Duggan, his former hero, and Walker, who has stood by him and taken care of him, even secretly bringing him to visit his mother…

Cast

William Bendix as Sgt Walker
Stanley Clements as Eddie Duggan
Hoagy Carmichael as Hoagy Carmichael
Allen Martin Jr as Johnny Holiday
Greta Granstedt as Mrs Holiday
Herbert Newcomb as Dr Piper
Donald Gallagher as Supt Lang
Jack Hagen as Jackson
George Cisar as Barney Duggan
Henry F. Schricker as Himself
Leo Cleary as Trimble / Spenser
Alma Platt as Miss Kelly
Jean Juvelier as Mrs Bellini
Buddy Cole as Buddy Cole
Staff and Boys of the Indiana Boys School as Themselves

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References

"Johnny Holiday (1950) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Johnny Holiday". TV Guide. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

External links

Johnny Holiday on IMDb

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[1] "Johnny Holiday (1950) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[2] "Johnny Holiday". TV Guide. Retrieved 18 October 2014.