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Man Alive

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Pat O'Brien as Speed McBride and Adolphe Menjou as Kismet

Speed McBride, a respected man in St Louis, loves his wife Connie dearly but is too absent minded to remember her birthday. When her old flame Gordon appears on the scene, a jealous Speed takes to the bottle and accidentally contrives to be thought dead. With his wife in danger of remarrying Gordon, Speed decides to masquerade as a ghost and save her from a terrible fate...
(Black and white)
Films: page 17

Contributors

Screenplay:
Edwin Harvey Blum
From a story by:
Jerry Cady
From a story by:
John Tucker
Director:
Ray Enright
Speed McBride:
Pat O'Brien
Kismet:
Adolphe Menjou
Connie McBride:
Ellen Drew
Gordon Tolliver:
Rudy Vallee
Professor Zorada:
Fortunio Bonanova
Doc Whitney:
Joseph Crehan
Source: Radio Times

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