--- title: 'Good Sam (1948)' type: 'film' director: 'Leo McCarey' released: '1948-01-01' runtime_minutes: 114 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-sam-1948' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040395/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Good Sam (1948) 1948 · 114 min · Comedy, Romance · United States ## Synopsis Good Sam is a 1948 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Gary Cooper as a Good Samaritan who is helpful to others at the expense of his own family. The film was directed by Leo McCarey and produced by McCarey's production company, Rainbow Productions. It received mixed reviews, with critics alternately liking and disliking the film based on whether they viewed it as a serious story or a spoof. The film was one of the top box-office draws of 1948, grossing $2.95 million. ## Credits - **Director:** [Leo McCarey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mccarey) - **Screenplay:** [Leo McCarey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mccarey) - **Producer:** [Leo McCarey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mccarey) - **Original Music Composer:** [Robert E. Dolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-e-dolan) - **Director of Photography:** [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes) ## Cast - [Bert Moorhouse](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-moorhouse) - [Joan Lorring](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-lorring) - [Ruth Roman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-roman) - [Clinton Sundberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/clinton-sundberg) - [Louise Beavers](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-beavers) - [Ray Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-collins) - [Sarah Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-edwards) - [Charles Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-williams-3) - [Bert Roach](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-roach) - [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers) - [Irving Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-bacon) - [William Frawley](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-frawley) - [Minerva Urecal](https://cinepixo.com/people/minerva-urecal) - [Ann Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-sheridan) - [Edward Peil](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-peil) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-sam-1948 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2943549); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.