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  • Rough, Tough and Ready (1945)
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    66 min | Drama
Rough, Tough and Ready (1945)
Approved
66 min | Drama

Brad Crowder (Chester Morris) is co-owner in the Crowder Salvage Company with Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers), who inherited her father's share of the business. She is in love with Brad, while he thinks of her as a brat in overalls. Brad is a ...See moreBrad Crowder (Chester Morris) is co-owner in the Crowder Salvage Company with Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers), who inherited her father's share of the business. She is in love with Brad, while he thinks of her as a brat in overalls. Brad is a wolf after all the girls, especially those of his best friend Owen McCarey (Victor McLaglen.) When the war begins, Brad offers his salvage equipment and men to the Navy, provided he gets an officer's commission. The Navy isn't interested but the Army is, minus the commission, and send Brad and his men to training school for thirteen weeks. Brad has a dinner date with Jo, but breaks it when Owen bets him he can't take his latest girl, Kitty Duval (Amelita Ward.) Kitty phones while Owen is taking a shower, and Brad tells he Owen is still working but he will pick her up. By the time Owen catches up, Kitty is showing a decided preference for Brad, and Owen consoles himself with Lorine Gray (Veda Ann Borg), a Brooklyn girl pretending to be an innocent little gal from the South who wants a home and a husband. Brad returns from training to find that Jo has joined the WAC abd that Owen is about to marry Lorine. Brad, seeing that Owen is really in love, has no intention of breaking up the romance. Kitty can't make a date with Brad and sends Lorine to explain. Lorine falls for Brad and jilts Owen. Presuming that Brad has deliberately taken her, they fight and both men are badly mauled. Before the breach between them can be mended, bot are ordered overseas. Unless one has missed the other 123 versions of this plot, the only question remaining is which man will save the other's life at the risk of his own? Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
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Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay) (as Edward T. Lowe)
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Updated Mar 22, 1945

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Mar 22, 1945 (United States)

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30 cast members
Name Known for
Chester Morris
Brad Crowder Brad Crowder   See fewer
Victor McLaglen
Owen McCarey Owen McCarey   See fewer
Jean Rogers
Jo Matheson Jo Matheson   See fewer
Veda Ann Borg
Lorine Gray Lorine Gray   See fewer
Amelita Ward
Kitty Duval Kitty Duval   See fewer
Robert B. Williams
Paul (as Robert Williams) Paul (as Robert Williams)   See fewer
John Tyrrell
Herbie Herbie   See fewer
Jessie Arnold
Spinster (uncredited) Spinster (uncredited)   See fewer
Harry Barris
Eddie Coburn (uncredited) Eddie Coburn (uncredited)   See fewer
William Forrest
Lt. Freitas (uncredited) Lt. Freitas (uncredited)   See fewer
Tex Harding
Brille (uncredited) Brille (uncredited)   See fewer
Jayne Hazard
Myrtle Smythe (uncredited) Myrtle Smythe (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Kennedy
Dan Cowan (uncredited) Dan Cowan (uncredited)   See fewer
Ethan Laidlaw
Sailor (uncredited) Sailor (uncredited)   See fewer
Nolan Leary
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Anne Loos
WAC (uncredited) WAC (uncredited)   See fewer
Alphonse Martell
Tony (uncredited) Tony (uncredited)   See fewer
Bob Meredith
Sparks (uncredited) Sparks (uncredited)   See fewer
Ida Moore
Nana (uncredited) Nana (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Overman
Cyril Smythe (uncredited) Cyril Smythe (uncredited)   See fewer
Joe Palma
Waiter (uncredited) Waiter (uncredited)   See fewer
Addison Richards
Capt. Murray (uncredited) Capt. Murray (uncredited)   See fewer
LeRoy Taylor
Military Policeman (uncredited) Military Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Richard Thorne
Military Policeman (uncredited) Military Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
Loren Tindall
Peterson (uncredited) Peterson (uncredited)   See fewer
Victor Travis
McManus (uncredited) McManus (uncredited)   See fewer
Dorothy Vernon
Landlady (uncredited) Landlady (uncredited)   See fewer
Emmett Vogan
Maj. Jordan (uncredited) Maj. Jordan (uncredited)   See fewer
Blackie Whiteford
O'Toole (uncredited) O'Toole (uncredited)   See fewer
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