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Roughly Speaking is a 1945 drama/comedy starring Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson. The plot involves a strong-minded mother keeping her family afloat through World War I and the Great Depression. The movie was based on the autobiography of the same name, published in 1943, by Louise Randall Pierson.
Original Release
01/31/1945
US Release
01/31/1945
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rosalind Russell | Louise Randall Pierson |
Jack Carson | Harold C. Pierson |
Robert Hutton | John Crane, ages 20-28 |
Jean Sullivan | Louise Jr., ages 18-26 |
Donald Woods | Rodney Crane |
Alan Hale | Lew Morton |
Andrea King | Barbara, ages 21-29 |
Ann Doran | Alice Abbott |
Mona Freeman | Barbara, ages 15-20 |
Robert Arthur | Frankie at 17 |
Directors
Writers
Louise Randall Pierson, Catherine Turney
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rosalind Russell | Louise Randall Pierson |
Jack Carson | Harold C. Pierson |
Robert Hutton | John Crane, ages 20-28 |
Jean Sullivan | Louise Jr., ages 18-26 |
Donald Woods | Rodney Crane |
Alan Hale | Lew Morton |
Andrea King | Barbara, ages 21-29 |
Ann Doran | Alice Abbott |
Mona Freeman | Barbara, ages 15-20 |
Robert Arthur | Frankie at 17 |
Ray Collins | Mr. John Chase Randall / John Chase Randall |
John Qualen | Svend Olsen |
Kathleen Lockhart | Mrs. Henrietta Louise Randall / Henrietta Louise Randall |
Ann E. Todd | Louise Randall as a child / Young Louise Randall |
Eddie Acuff | Billiards Player |
John Alvin | Lawton MacKall |
Sig Arno | George |
Irving Bacon | Customer in Music Shop |
Lynn Baggett | Salesgirl |
Walter Baldwin | Jake - Wholesaler |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Henry Blanke | Producer |