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Good Sam

Play trailer Poster for Good Sam 1948,  1h 53m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 63% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
A do-gooder (Gary Cooper) frustrates his wife (Ann Sheridan) by lending their car, their money and their time to anyone who asks.

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Bob Thomas Associated Press Feb 9, 2019
The film has several good laughs and no doubt some people will find it amusing and even philosophical. Others will find It episodic, confused and even embarrassing. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Jul 6, 2010
Good Sam is a comedy whose central character, played by Gary Cooper, often slows the film's pace because of a languidness and too obviously premeditated performance in a pic that in itself is unusually long. Go to Full Review
Bosley Crowther New York Times Mar 25, 2006
Good Sam makes agreeable entertainment and is good for a lot of laughs. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Apr 1, 2012
B-
Though it's second-tier Leo McCarey fable and not a major star vehicle for Gary Cooper, it's still worth seeing this film Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Dec 11, 2009
McCarey understands it as a translucent joke and gives it a spacious treatment Go to Full Review
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Han S Oct 22, 2017 Lesser Leo McCarey film is overlong and rather bland.
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Cast & Crew

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Leo McCarey

Director

Gary Cooper

Samuel R. `'Sam'` Clayton

Ann Sheridan

Lucille `'Lu'` Clayton

Ray Collins

Rev. Daniels

Edmund Lowe

H.C. Borden

Joan Lorring

Shirley Mae

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Good Sam

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Movie Info

Synopsis A do-gooder (Gary Cooper) frustrates his wife (Ann Sheridan) by lending their car, their money and their time to anyone who asks.
Director
Leo McCarey
Producer
Leo McCarey
Screenwriter
Leo McCarey, John D. Klorer, Ken Englund
Distributor
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co
RKO Pictures, Rainbow Productions
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 1, 1948, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 1, 2015
Runtime
1h 53m
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