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Dominican Rep. A Medal for Benny
- Original title
- A Medal for Benny
- Year
- 1945
- Running time
- 77 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Dorothy Lamour
Arturo de Córdova
J. Carrol Naish
Mikhail Rasumny- Fernando Alvarado
Frank McHugh- Rosita Moreno
Grant Mitchell
Douglass Dumbrille- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
Lionel Lindon (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Movie Groups
- John Steinbeck Adaptations
- Synopsis
- John Steinbeck cowrote this sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-wrenching study of small-town hypocrisy. Shiftless Benny (who is never seen) has been tossed out of his Southern California town by the "proper" citizens. Drafted into the army, Benny is killed in action--and now that he's a hero, his old home town gears up for a Congressional Medal of Honor ceremony. Suddenly the same upright townsfolk who'd previously scorned Benny and his impoverished father (J. Carroll Naish) bend over backward to prove how much they "loved" the boy. Only Dorothy Lamour, playing Benny's former sweetheart, sees through the sham, though she's honor bound to celebrate Benny's heroism. A Medal for Benny bestows top billing upon Lamour, but the film's true star is J. Carroll Naish as Benny's volatile Italian papa--a performance which won Naish an Academy Award nomination. (Hal Erickson: All Movie Guide)
- Awards
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1945: 2 Nominations for Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (J. Carrol Naish), Story1945: Golden Globe: Best Supporting Actor (J. Carrol Naish)
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