The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Music
Release: 1946-04-04
Director: Norman Taurog
Writers: James Hill , Frank Wead
Language: English
Stars: William Powell (I) (1892–1984) , Esther Williams , Angela Lansbury , James Gleason (I) (1882–1959) , Lewis Stone (I) (1879–1953) , Rags Ragland , Frank McHugh (I) (1898–1981) , Slim Summerville (1892–1946) , Roman Bohnen , Charles Arnt
Runtime: 91 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Hoodlum Saint (United States of America) , Oro en el barro (Venezuela) , Syndare i New York (Sweden) , The Hoodlum Saint (Canada) , Святой Гудлум , The Hoodlum Saint , Oro en el barro (Mexico) , O Bom Ladrão (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Ouro no Barro (Brazil) , The Hoodlum Saint (United Kingdom) , El canalla redimido (Spain)
Plot: A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay Lorrison (Esther Williams), who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game, but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929. The Depression's lows uncovers new plateaus this Vet couldn't foresee while raking in the big bucks. Spiritual nudges helps Our Man to finally see the light that money can't buy everything, especially the love and happiness he's been searching for.
IMDB:tt0038615