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The Man I Love

The Man I Love

6,1 /10 (29 Votes)
1946 EN 96 min

Overview

Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, a formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls hard for him.

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Release date

26/12/1946

Votes

29

Popularity

1.4

There should be a law against knowing the things I found out about men!

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

96 min

Ida Lupino

Ida Lupino

Petey Brown

Robert Alda

Robert Alda

Nicky Toresca

Andrea King

Andrea King

Sally Otis

Martha Vickers

Martha Vickers

Virginia 'Ginny' Brown

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

San Thomas

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Riley

Dolores Moran

Dolores Moran

Gloria O'Connor

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Roy Otis

Don McGuire

Don McGuire

Johnny O'Connor

Warren Douglas

Warren Douglas

Joe Brown

Craig Stevens

Craig Stevens

Bandleader

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Tony Romano

Singer at Bamboo Club

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Janet Barrett

Cashier (uncredited)

Patricia Barry

Patricia Barry

Chorine (uncredited)

Florence Bates

Florence Bates

Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)

Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Cop (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

Leonard Bremen

Jim the Bartender (uncredited)

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Nancy Brinckman

Chorine (uncredited)

Barbara Brown

Barbara Brown

Barbara (uncredited)

Eddie Bruce

Eddie Bruce

Second Drunk (uncredited)

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Benny Burt

Waiter (uncredited)

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Jack Daley

Flynn the Bartender (uncredited)

Joe Devlin

Joe Devlin

Waiter (uncredited)

Jimmie Dodd

Jimmie Dodd

Jimmy Johnson (uncredited)

Paula Drew

Paula Drew

Chorine (uncredited)

William Edmunds

William Edmunds

Uncle Tony Toresca (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

Frank Ferguson

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Eddie Fetherston

Eddie Fetherston

Drunk (uncredited)

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Patrick Griffin

Buddy Otis (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

Carl Harbaugh

Bartender (uncredited)

Jane Harker

Jane Harker

Cigarette Girl (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

Peg La Centra

Peg La Centra

Petey Brown (singing voice) (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

Frank Marlowe

Sign Man (uncredited)

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David Marshall

Singer (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Conga Dancer (uncredited)

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Ralph Montgomery

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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Helen Pender

Chorine (uncredited)

Ralph Peters

Ralph Peters

Waiter (uncredited)

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Tom Quinn

First Drunk (uncredited)

Robin Raymond

Robin Raymond

Lee (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Conga Dancer (uncredited)

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John Sheridan

Musician (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Dorothy Vaughan

Dorothy Vaughan

Lucy (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Sailor Vincent

Drunk (uncredited)

John Vosper

John Vosper

Gloria's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Jack Atlas (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Waiter (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2020-02-22

⭐ 6

I ran down like a clock. It was just as though I'd been wound up too tight and the spring broke. The Man I Love is directed by Raoul Walsh and adapted to screenplay by Jo Pagano and Catherine Turney from Maritta M. Wolff's novel. It stars Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King, Martha Vickers, Bruce Bennett, Alan Hale and Dolores Moran. Cinematography is by Sidney Hickox. Loved by some, not so by others, Walsh's film is pretty much a soap opera meller with some faint noir shadings. The plot, that has more holes than a bullet riddled bucket, sees Lupino's torch singer return home for the ho…

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