Come Fill the Cup (1951)
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James Cagney plays a once great newspaper reporter ruined by liquor. Thanks to the help of reformed alcoholic James Gleason, Cagney pulls himself out of the gutter and restores his journalistic reputation. Because of his own redemption, Cagney is asked by his editor to straighten out the… More James Cagney plays a once great newspaper reporter ruined by liquor. Thanks to the help of reformed alcoholic James Gleason, Cagney pulls himself out of the gutter and restores his journalistic reputation. Because of his own redemption, Cagney is asked by his editor to straighten out the editor's nephew (Gig Young), a drunken wastrel. The task is made dicey by the fact that the nephew's wife (Phyllis Thaxter) is Cagney's former girlfriend. The nephew's involvement in gangsters results in the death of Cagney's old friend Gleason, but Cagney swallows his rage, vanquishes the crooks, and puts the nephew on the right track. Come Fill the Cup was a little too melodramatic to succeed as an anti-alcohol tract, but it was well acted throughout, especially by Gig Young, who received an Oscar nomination for his efforts. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Gordon Douglas
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 24, 1951 Wide
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Cast
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James Cagney
as Lew Marsh
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Phyllis Thaxter
as Paula Copeland
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Raymond Massey
as John Ives
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James Gleason
as Charley Dolan
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Gig Young
as Boyd Copeland
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Selena Royle
as Dolly Copeland
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Larry Keating
as Julian Cuscaden
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Charlita
as Maria Diego
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Sheldon Leonard
as Lennie Garr
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Douglas Spencer
as Ike Bashaw
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John Kellogg
as Don Bell
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William Bakewell
as Hal Ortman
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John Alvin
as Travis Ashboume 2nd
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Henry Blair
as Bobby
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James Flavin
as Homicide Captain
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Elizabeth Flournoy
as Lila
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Norma Jean Macias
as Ora
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Torben Meyer
as Welder
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King Donovan
as Kip Zunches
