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My Buddy (1944)
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67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

My Buddy (1944)

Approved

67 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Republic, never a company to not try getting ahead of the curve and with writers who could remember the 1930's social conscience WW I vets-returning-home films, made this in mid-1944 (a full year before the end of WW II) as a ...See moreRepublic, never a company to not try getting ahead of the curve and with writers who could remember the 1930's social conscience WW I vets-returning-home films, made this in mid-1944 (a full year before the end of WW II) as a don't-let-it-happen-again sermon. The semi-prologue opening finds Father Jim Donnelly before a post-war planning board in Washington and, as Priests quite often did in 1930 and 1940's films, tells his point-making story in flashback of how WW I vet Eddie Ballinger, shaken by battle experiences anyway, returns home to a job that is no longer there for him and finds "No Help Wanted" signs standing in his way of making an honest living. Despite the pleas from his mother and his sweetheart Lucy Manners, Eddie starts hauling booze for bootlegger Tim Oberta and takes up with entertainer Lola, who eventually betrays him, mainly because she is a one-name character and that's what one-name characters are there for... especially in a movie with the lead playing his 1944 version of Jimmy Cagney in a 1933 Warner's film. Father Jim makes his don't-repeat-the-past point in less than an hour as the hearing committee had also seen and heard the story before. Written by Les Adams See less

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62 cast members

Name	Known for
Don 'Red' Barry Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry) Eddie Ballinger (as Donald Barry) See fewer	Jesse James' Women (1954)
Ruth Terry Lola Lola See fewer	Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Lynne Roberts Lucy Manners Lucy Manners See fewer	Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)
Alexander Granach Tim Oberta Tim Oberta See fewer	Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)
Emma Dunn Mary Ballinger Mary Ballinger See fewer	Son of Frankenstein (1939)
John Litel Father Jim Donnelly Father Jim Donnelly See fewer	They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
George E. Stone Pete Pete See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Jonathan Hale Senator Henry Senator Henry See fewer	The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
Ray Walker Russ Russ See fewer	The Fighting Coward (1935)
Joe Devlin Nicky Piastro Nicky Piastro See fewer	Dick Tracy (1950)
Matt McHugh Happy Happy See fewer	Freaks (1932)
Charles C. Wilson Chief Detective (as Charles Wilson) Chief Detective (as Charles Wilson) See fewer	It Happened One Night (1934)
John Bagni First Mobster (uncredited) First Mobster (uncredited) See fewer	Four Star Playhouse (1952)
Jack Baxley Jim (uncredited) Jim (uncredited) See fewer	The Kid from Gower Gulch (1950)
Sam Bernard Salesman (uncredited) Salesman (uncredited) See fewer	Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
Sven Hugo Borg German Sniper (uncredited) German Sniper (uncredited) See fewer	The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Lynton Brent Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited) See fewer	Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
Steve Brown Kid (uncredited) Kid (uncredited) See fewer	Rules Don't Apply (2016)
Larry Burke Singer at Convicts' Show (uncredited) Singer at Convicts' Show (uncredited) See fewer	My Buddy (1944)
Ed Cassidy Guard (uncredited) Guard (uncredited) See fewer	Valley of Fear (1947)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell 2nd Mobster (uncredited) 2nd Mobster (uncredited) See fewer	The Clones (1973)
Roy Darmour Detective (uncredited) Detective (uncredited) See fewer	Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Kenne Duncan Convict (uncredited) Convict (uncredited) See fewer	The Astounding She-Monster (1957)
Edward Earle Chairman (uncredited) Chairman (uncredited) See fewer	The Wind (1928)
Blake Edwards Prison Kid (uncredited) Prison Kid (uncredited) See fewer	The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Sam Finn Little Maxey (uncredited) Little Maxey (uncredited) See fewer	Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Almeda Fowler Ma Manners (uncredited) Ma Manners (uncredited) See fewer	Party Girl (1930)
Jack Gardner Mike (uncredited) Mike (uncredited) See fewer	The Secret Code (1942)
Bud Geary 1st Plainclothesman (uncredited) 1st Plainclothesman (uncredited) See fewer	Robin Hood (1922)
Kit Guard Convict (uncredited) Convict (uncredited) See fewer	The Secret Code (1942)
Eddie Hall Harmonicist (uncredited) Harmonicist (uncredited) See fewer	Thoroughbreds (1944)
George Humbert Albert (uncredited) Albert (uncredited) See fewer	Street Scene (1931)
Jack Ingram Charlie (uncredited) Charlie (uncredited) See fewer	Superman (I) (1948)
Milton Kibbee Pa Manners (uncredited) Pa Manners (uncredited) See fewer	The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
Nolan Leary Lawyer (uncredited) Lawyer (uncredited) See fewer	Strangler of the Swamp (1945)
Connie Leon Housekeeper (uncredited) Housekeeper (uncredited) See fewer	Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Ralph Linn Jury Foreman (uncredited) Jury Foreman (uncredited) See fewer	Women in Bondage (1943)
George Lloyd Hendricks (uncredited) Hendricks (uncredited) See fewer	Idol of the Crowds (1937)
Arthur Loft Warden (uncredited) Warden (uncredited) See fewer	The Woman in the Window (1944)
Tom London Guard (uncredited) Guard (uncredited) See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)
Frank Marlowe Joe (uncredited) Joe (uncredited) See fewer	Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
LeRoy Mason Montage Narrator (uncredited) Montage Narrator (uncredited) See fewer	Daughter of Don Q (1946)
Robert Middlemass Judge (uncredited) Judge (uncredited) See fewer	Air Hawks (1935)
Dick Morehead 2nd Plainclothesman (uncredited) 2nd Plainclothesman (uncredited) See fewer	Undercover Man (1936)
Jack Mulhall Announcer at Convicts' Show (uncredited) Announcer at Convicts' Show (uncredited) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1933)
Jay Norris Spots (uncredited) Spots (uncredited) See fewer	A Walk in the Sun (1945)
Frank Pershing Guard (uncredited) Guard (uncredited) See fewer	That Other Woman (1942)
Wallace Pindell Guard (uncredited) Guard (uncredited) See fewer	The Navy Way (1944)
Constance Purdy Woman (uncredited) Woman (uncredited) See fewer	Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)
Jack Raymond 2nd Mug (uncredited) 2nd Mug (uncredited) See fewer	The Last Command (1928)
Marshall Reed 2nd Detective (uncredited) 2nd Detective (uncredited) See fewer	The Madmen of Mandoras (1963)
Jack Rockwell Jail Attendent in Shadows (uncredited) Jail Attendent in Shadows (uncredited) See fewer	The Lawless Frontier (1934)
Charles Sherlock Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited) See fewer	Shakedown (1950)
George Sherwood Guard (uncredited) Guard (uncredited) See fewer	Welcome Children (1921)
Lee Shumway Jim (uncredited) Jim (uncredited) See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
Larry Steers Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) See fewer	The King of the Kongo (1929)
Harry Strang 1st Detective (uncredited) 1st Detective (uncredited) See fewer	Come on, Leathernecks! (1938)
Charles Sullivan Loudmouth Mug (uncredited) Loudmouth Mug (uncredited) See fewer	The Invisible Monster (1950)
Emmett Vogan 2nd Senator (uncredited) 2nd Senator (uncredited) See fewer	Emergency Landing (1941)
Russ Whiteman Tommy (uncredited) Tommy (uncredited) See fewer	The Virginian (1962)
Gayne Whitman Young Senator (uncredited) Young Senator (uncredited) See fewer	Money Madness (1917)
Jimmy Zahner Messenger (uncredited) Messenger (uncredited) See fewer	Little Men (1940)