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Going My Way is a 1944 American comedy drama and musical film produced by Paramount Pictures. Directed and produced by Leo McCarey, the movie stars Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Risë Stevens, and Frank McHugh. The screenplay was written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, with music composed by Robert E. Dolan. Filming took place in Santa Monica, while the narrative is set in New York City. The film was released in English and has a runtime of 126 minutes.
The production received critical acclaim and multiple accolades. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actor. Additionally, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. The film has an IMDb rating of 7.0 based on 14,851 votes and a Metascore of 90. A soundtrack compilation was released in 2003.
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Film · TMDB
6.7Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
Cast
- Bing Crosby as Father Chuck O'Malley
- Barry Fitzgerald as Father Fitzgibbon
- Frank McHugh as Father Timothy O'Dowd
- James Brown as Ted Haines Jr.
- Gene Lockhart as Ted Haines Snr.
- Jean Heather as Carol James
Themes
- new york city
- choir
- male friendship
- musical
- priest
- black and white
- catholic priest
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
14,302 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
90/100
- Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Won 7 Oscars. 22 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Leo McCarey
- Screenplay by
- Frank Butler Frank Cavett
- Story by
- Leo McCarey
- Produced by
- Leo McCarey
- Starring
- Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald Frank McHugh James Brown Jean Heather Gene Lockhart Porter Hall Fortunio Bonanova Risë Stevens
- Cinematography
- Lionel Lindon
- Edited by
- LeRoy Stone
- Music by
- Robert Emmett Dolan
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release dates
- May 3, 1944 ( 1944-05-03 ) ( New York City , premiere) August 16, 1944 ( 1944-08-16 ) ( Los Angeles )
- Running time
- 126 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $6.5 million (US/Canada rentals)
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Encyclopedic overview
Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest taking over a parish from an established old veteran. Crosby sings five songs with other songs performed onscreen by Metropolitan Opera's star mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens and the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir. Going My Way was the highest-grossing picture of 1944, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture. Its success helped to make movie exhibitors choose Crosby as the biggest box-office draw of the year, a record he would hold for the remainder of the 1940s. After World War II, Crosby and McCarey presented a copy of the film to Pope Pius XII at the Vatican. Going My Way was followed the next year by a sequel, The Bells of St. Mary's.
In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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