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Name: Sullivan's Travels
Released: 1942-1-1
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn

Sullivan's Travels

NR
1h 30m
1942

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Joel McCrea and sultry Veronica Lake star in this starkly realistic yet highly humorous satire from Oscar®-winning writer-director Preston Sturges. McCrea plays successful Hollywood director John L. Sullivan, an idealist who believes you can't accurately direct a screen tragedy unless you live it first. Disguising himself as a bum, Sullivan sets off to see America from the bottom up. Along the way he befriends a beautiful but cynical stray (Veronica Lake), and learns about the cruelty of life among the less fortunate. In the midst of the brutality and despair, the young director makes a valuable discovery - that what the downtrodden need most is laughter. Hailed by critics as Preston Sturges' masterpiece, Sullivan's Travels reveals the wonderful insight and artistry of one of Hollywood's finest directors.

Director:

Preston Sturges

Producer:

Paul Jones

Writer:

Preston Sturges

Cast:

Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger, Margaret Hayes, Eric Blore

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

100%

Critics Consensus: Blending screwball comedy with a socially conscious message, Sullivan's Travels offers delightful proof of writer-director Preston Sturges' ability to provoke serious thought as well as helpless laughter.

Reviews

48 Hills

Dennis Harvey

There’s no space here to extol the individual glories...

This ingenious plot is brought to life with a remarkable profusion of dialogue: with the characters’ torrential, scintillating verbiage, Sturges seems to leap out from behind the screen to address the viewer directly.

The celebration of the simple joys of Hollywood comedies may seem like a self-serving defense of Sturges’ art, but it’s so magical and genuine and full of hilarious ego-puncturing moments that it overcomes the overly sentimental finale.

It has enough merits and takes enough risks for us to consider it one of the most sensational productions of the last ten years.

Sullivan's Travels remains an unconventional comedy, a blend of slapstick and drama, and one of the few effective message films in any genre.

March 21, 2022

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