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The Shopworn Angel is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Walter Pidgeon. The MGM release featured the second screen pairing of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart following their successful teaming in the Universal Pictures production Next Time We Love two years earlier. The screenplay by Waldo Salt is the third feature film adaptation of a Dana Burnet short story, "Private Pettigrew's Girl", originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1918. The first version was Pettigrew's Girl, a silent film released in 1919, and the second was The Shopworn Angel (1928), a part-talkie released by Paramount Pictures starring Nancy Carroll, Gary Cooper, and Paul Lukas.
Original Release
07/15/1938
US Release
07/15/1938
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Sullavan | Daisy Heath |
James Stewart | Bill Pettigrew / Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew |
Walter Pidgeon | Sam Bailey |
Hattie McDaniel | Martha |
Nat Pendleton | 'Dice' |
Alan Curtis | Thin Lips / 'Thin Lips' |
Sam Levene | 'Leer' |
Eleanor Lynn | Sally |
Charles D. Brown | McGonigle |
Charley Grapewin | Wilson - Caretaker |
Directors
Writers
Waldo Salt, Dana Burnet, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Howard Estabrook
Cast
Name | Character |
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Margaret Sullavan | Daisy Heath |
James Stewart | Bill Pettigrew / Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew |
Walter Pidgeon | Sam Bailey |
Hattie McDaniel | Martha |
Nat Pendleton | 'Dice' |
Alan Curtis | Thin Lips / 'Thin Lips' |
Sam Levene | 'Leer' |
Eleanor Lynn | Sally |
Charles D. Brown | McGonigle |
Charley Grapewin | Wilson - Caretaker |
Wade Boteler | Irish Policeman |
Don Brodie | Candy Store Attendant |
Jimmy Butler | Jack - Elevator Boy |
Eddy Chandler | Corporal |
George Chandler | Tommy - Soldier |
Roger Converse | Hotel Clerk |
Mary Dees | Babe #1 |
James Flavin | Guard Yelling 'Halt!' |
Wesley Giraud | Bellboy |
Fred Graham | Soldier Watching Wrestling Match |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Producer |