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Yankee Doodle Dandy

Get ready to Laugh, to Sing, to Shout! ...For here comes Uncle Sam's Star Spangled Yankee Doodle Dandy!

1942 · NR · 2h 6m

Directed by Michael Curtiz

7.0

TMDB audience score
243 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

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  • YouTube

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Cast

  • James Cagney
    George M. Cohan

  • Joan Leslie
    Mary

  • Walter Huston
    Jerry Cohan

  • Richard Whorf
    Sam Harris

  • Irene Manning
    Fay Templeton

  • George Tobias
    Dietz

  • Rosemary DeCamp
    Nellie Cohan

  • Jeanne Cagney
    Josie Cohan

  • Frances Langford
    Singer

  • George Barbier
    Erlanger

  • Walter Catlett
    Theatre Manager

  • Douglas Croft
    George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13

  • Eddie Foy Jr.
    Eddie Foy

  • Minor Watson
    Albee

  • Chester Clute
    Goff

  • Odette Myrtil
    Madame Bartholdi

  • Patsy Parsons
    Josie Cohan, as a girl of 12

  • S.Z. Sakall
    Schwab