None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
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58% of users liked it
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Cary Grant delivered Oscar-calibre performances all his life, but only when he played against type in None But the Lonely Heart did the Academy Awards people break down and give him a nomination. Grant plays a restless, irresponsible cockney who seeks a better life but doesn't seem to have the… More Cary Grant delivered Oscar-calibre performances all his life, but only when he played against type in None But the Lonely Heart did the Academy Awards people break down and give him a nomination. Grant plays a restless, irresponsible cockney who seeks a better life but doesn't seem to have the emotional wherewithal to work for such a life. The hero's shiftlessness extends to his love life; musician Jane Wyatt genuinely cares for him, but he prefers the company of fickle gangster's ex-wife June Duprez. June's former husband George Coulouris convinces Grant that the quickest means to wealth is a life of crime, but Grant drops this aspect of his life to take care of his terminally ill mother Ethel Barrymore. While Cary Grant did not win the Oscar he so richly deserved for None But the Lonely Heart, Ethel Barrymore did cop the gold statuette. Written and directed by Clifford Odets, None But the Lonely Heart unfortunately lost money for RKO, which could have used a little extra cash after paying the expenses of temporarily closing Ms. Barrymore's Broadway play The Corn is Green. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Clifford Odets
- Written By
- Richard Llewellyn, Clifford Odets
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1944 Wide
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Clifford Odets' sentimental family melodrama is mostly known today for earning Cary Grant, who's cast against type, competitive Oscar nomination.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...quite a change of pace for romantic leading man Cary Grant.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This depressing and moody melodrama marks the directorial and screenwriting debut for playwright Clifford Odets.
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Cast
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Cary Grant
as Ernie Mott
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Ethel Barrymore
as Ma Mott
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Barry Fitzgerald
as Twite
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June Duprez
as Ada
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Jane Wyatt
as Aggie Hunter
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Dan Duryea
as Lew Tate
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Katherine Allen
as Millie Wilson
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George Atkinson
as Man with Gramophone
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Polly Bailey
as Ma Floom
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Ted Billings
as Cockney Bum
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Roman Bohnen
as Dad Pettyjohn
- Matthew Boulton
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Eva Leonard Boyne
as Ma Chalmers
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William Challee
as Knocker
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David Clyde
as Policeman with Stripes
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George Coulouris
as Jim Mordinoy
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Marie de Becker
as Mme. La Vaka
- Sayre Dearing
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Herbert Evans
as Police Sergeant
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Virginia Farmer
as Ma Segwiss
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Helena Grant
as Old Woman in Shop
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Alec Harford
as Drunk
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Forrester Harvey
as Bloke
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Herbert Heywood
as Dad Fitchitt
- Leyland Hodgson
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Charles Irwin
as Cop at Crash
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Rosalind Ivan
as Mrs. Tate
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Tiny Jones
as Woman
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Colin Kenny
as Cop Outside
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Skelton Knaggs
as Slush
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Rosemary La Planche
as Dancer
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Morton Lowry
as Taz
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Chef Joseph Milani
as Rossi
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Al Murphy
as Henchman
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Joe North
as Old Man
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Billy O'Leary
as Cab Driver
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Elsa Prescott
as Old Lady
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Renie Riano
as Flo
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Konstantin Shayne
as Ike Weber
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Yorke Sherwood
as Call Block Cop
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Walter Soderling
as Pa Floom
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Helene Thimig
as Sister Nurse
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David Thursby
as Prison Guard
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Queenie Vassar
as Ma Snowden
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Clare Verdera
as Barmaid
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Joseph Vitale
as Cash
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Milton Wallace
as Ike Lesser
- Eric Wilton
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Bill Wolfe
as Blind Man
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Art Smith
as Marjoriebanks
- Jack Jackson
- Sammy Blum
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Keith Hitchcock
as Roly Poly Man
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John Meredith
as Cop
- Al Rhein
- Barry Regan
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Amelia Romano
as Lame Girl
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Ernie Shield
as Man
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Ida Shoemaker
as Old Lady
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Diedra Vale
as Miss Tate
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Roy Thomas
as Rookie Policeman