---
title: 'The Magnificent Yankee (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Sturges'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magnificent-yankee-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042702/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Magnificent Yankee (1950)

1950 · 89 min · History · United States


## Synopsis

The Magnificent Yankee is a 1950 American biographical film directed by John Sturges and starring Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz and Philip Ober. Calhern had created the role of Holmes in the original Broadway production.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Sturges](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sturges)
- **Screenplay:** [Francis Biddle](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-biddle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Raksin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-raksin)
- **Producer:** [Armand Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-deutsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph Ruttenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-ruttenberg)
- **Editor:** [Ferris Webster](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-webster)

## Cast

- [Edith Evanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-evanson)
- [Eduard Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-franz)
- [Herbert Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-anderson)
- [John Phillip Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-phillip-law)
- [Gayne Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gayne-whitman)
- [Richard Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-anderson)
- [Jimmy Lydon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-lydon)
- [Philip Ober](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-ober)
- [Ann Harding](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-harding)
- [Dan Tobin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-tobin)
- [Louis Calhern](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-calhern)
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)

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