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Both Van Johnson and Gregory Peck were considered for the role of baseball star Monty Stratton in the 1949 biopic The Stratton Story before settling upon the real Stratton's own first choice, James Stewart. The film covers several years in the 1930s, as Texas farm boy Stratton rises from the minors ...more
MPAA Rating: NR | Year: 1949 | Running Time: 106 minutes
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$15.99STRATTON STORY / (STD DUB SUB)
The Stratton Story was a home run at the box office when released, when the name "Monty Stratton" still held considerable recognition factor. Viewers today won't know much about him, but once they start watching, they're bound to get hooked. Stratton is not a great film, but it's one that most people will find hard to resist. Even those who object to the manipulative nature of some of the storytelling, or to what are now some fairly clichéd situations probably will be willing to let those ...more
- James Stewart - Monty Stratton
- June Allyson - Ethel Stratton
- Frank Morgan - Barney Wile
- Agnes Moorehead - Ma Stratton
- Bill Williams - Gene Watson
- Jessie Arnold - People in Theater
- Polly Bailey - Person in Theatre
- Pat Flaherty - Western Manager
- William Norton Bailey - Person in Theatre
- William H. Bassett - Stratton Baby
- Lee Tung Foo - Waiter
- John Kerr - Yankee Coach
- Florence Lake - Mrs. Appling
- Charles Smith - Theater Usher
- Sam Wood - Director
- Jack Cummings - Producer
- Douglas Morrow - Screenwriter
- Guy Troper - Screenwriter
- Cedric Gibbons - Art Director
- Paul Groesse - Art Director
- Helen Rose - Costume Designer
- Sid Sidman - First Assistant Director
- Ben Lewis - Editor
- Adolph Deutsch - Composer (Music Score)
- Adolph Deutsch - Musical Direction/Supervision
- Jack Dawn - Makeup
- Harold Hal Rosson - Cinematographer
- Ralph S. Hurst - Set Designer
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