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Overview

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Director:
Richard Brooks
Writers:
Paddy Chayefsky (play)
Gore Vidal (screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 June 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
When you're in love, nothing else matters more
Plot:
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Small & memorable drama more (28 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Bette Davis ... Mrs. Agnes Hurley

Ernest Borgnine ... Tom Hurley

Debbie Reynolds ... Jane Hurley
Barry Fitzgerald ... Uncle Jack Conlon
Rod Taylor ... Ralph Halloran
Robert F. Simon ... Mr. Halloran (as Robert Simon)
Madge Kennedy ... Mrs. Halloran
Dorothy Stickney ... Mrs. Rafferty
Carol Veazie ... Mrs. Casey
Joan Camden ... Alice Scanlon
Ray Stricklyn ... Eddie Hurley
Jay Adler ... Sam Leiter
Dan Tobin ... Hotel Caterer
Paul Denton ... Bill
Augusta Merighi ... Mrs. Musso
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wedding Breakfast (UK)
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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #17915)

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Goofs:
Factual errors: Real-life radio soap opera "The Romance of Helen Trent" is heard on radio while members of Hurley family are waking up, eating breakfast and preparing to go off to work; in reality, radio soaps weren't broadcast until late mornings/ afternoons and/or evenings. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Bridge Attendant: Boy, Tom how's the taxi business?
Tom Hurley: How's the bridge business?
Bridge Attendant: One more day like this, I'll own the bridge.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006) (TV) more

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17 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Small & memorable drama, 25 August 1999
Author: Boyo-2

I enjoyed this movie very much. It seems like it was originally done as a television drama and ended up being released theatrically. The cast, screenwriter and director are all top of the line and they all did very good work in this little seen movie. I believed in each character and the drama is not overdone at all.

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