"He Handed Down a Decision IN FAVOR OF HIMSELF!" 15 December 1947 Drama, Comedy 91 mins
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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Alexander Knox as Judge Thomas Bailey
Ann Sothern as Peggy
George Tobias as Mike
Sharyn Moffett as Nan
Florence Bates as Chita
Frieda Inescort as Evelyn Bailey
Myrna Dell as Mrs. Joan Winthrop
Ian Wolfe as Hector Brown
H.B. Warner as Chief Justice Hayes
Martha Hyer as Catherine Bailey Struthers III
James Warren as John Struthers III
Whitford Kane as Dr. Charles P. Boyd
Harry Hayden as Judge Davis
Anita Sharp-Bolster as Martha
Robert Bray as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson as Harriett (uncredited)
Boris Ingster Director
Boris Ingster Story
Alexander Knox Screenplay
Boris Ingster Screenplay
Michael Kraike Producer
Edward Stevenson Costume Design
Robert De Grasse Director of Photography
Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Sid Rogell Executive Producer
Leigh Harline Original Music Composer
Les Millbrook Editor
Feild M. Gray Art Direction
Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Jack Mills Set Decoration
Karl Herlinger Makeup Artist
Charles Burke Camera Operator
United Kingdom 15 December 1947
United States 11 June 1949
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