Undercurrent (1946)
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- Passed
- 1h 56min
- Drama, Film-Noir
- 28 Nov 1946 (USA)
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Cast verified as complete
Katharine Hepburn | ... |
Ann Hamilton
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Robert Taylor | ... |
Alan Garroway
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Robert Mitchum | ... |
Michael Garroway
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Edmund Gwenn | ... |
Prof. David 'Dink' Hamilton
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Marjorie Main | ... |
Lucy
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Jayne Meadows | ... |
Sylvia Lea Burton
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Clinton Sundberg | ... |
Mr. Warmsley
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Dan Tobin | ... |
Prof. Joseph Bangs
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Kathryn Card | ... |
Mrs. Foster
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Leigh Whipper | ... |
George
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Charles Trowbridge | ... |
Justice Putnam
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James Westerfield | ... |
Henry Gilson
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Billy McClain | ... |
Uncle Ben
(as Billy McLain)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Jean Adren | ... |
Mrs. Davenport (uncredited)
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Don Anderson | ... |
Warmsley's Assistant (uncredited)
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Monya Andre | ... |
Saleswoman (uncredited)
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Sylvia Andrew | ... |
Nora (uncredited)
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William Bailey | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Edward Biby | ... |
Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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Barbara Billingsley | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Betty Blythe | ... |
Saleslady (uncredited)
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James Carlisle | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Bill Cartledge | ... |
Flower Delivery Man (uncredited)
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David Cavendish | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Wheaton Chambers | ... |
Bookstore Proprietor (uncredited)
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Naomi Childers | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Dorothy Christy | ... |
Gossip in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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James Conaty | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Oliver Cross | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Frank Dae | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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John Daheim | ... |
Second Man (uncredited)
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Phil Dunham | ... |
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Dick Earle | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Helen Eby-Rock | ... |
Fitter (uncredited)
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William Eddritt | ... |
Butler (uncredited)
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Sarah Edwards | ... |
Cora - Dress Shop Proprietress (uncredited)
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Ella Ethridge | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Florence Fair | ... |
Guest (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Julia Donnegan (uncredited)
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Nina Garson | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Jane Green | ... |
Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
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Eula Guy | ... |
Housekeeper (uncredited)
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Dell Henderson | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Ernest Hilliard | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Maxine Hudson | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Hazel Keener | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Kenner G. Kemp | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Colin Kenny | ... |
Man in Photo (uncredited)
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Daniel Kerry | ... |
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Milton Kibbee | ... |
Minister (uncredited)
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Ann Lawrence | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Frank Leigh | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Sydney Logan | ... |
Model (uncredited)
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Frank Mayo | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Harold Miller | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Bert Moorhouse | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Clive Morgan | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Jack Murphy | ... |
Luke - Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
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Forbes Murray | ... |
Sen. Pelli (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... |
Stationmaster (uncredited)
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Rudy Rama | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Hilda Rhodes | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Gordon Richards | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Suzanne Ridgway | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Ellen Ross | ... |
Gwen (uncredited)
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Reginald Simpson | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Joan Thorsen | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Laura Treadwell | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Hank Worden | ... |
Telegram Delivery Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
Vincente Minnelli |
Written by
Edward Chodorov | ... | (screenplay) |
Thelma Strabel | ... | (story) |
George Oppenheimer | ... | () (uncredited) |
Marguerite Roberts | ... | (contributor to treatment) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Pandro S. Berman | ... | producer |
Music by
Herbert Stothart |
Cinematography by
Karl Freund | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Ferris Webster |
Art Direction by
Randall Duell | ||
Cedric Gibbons |
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis |
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn | ... | makeup designer |
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair designer |
Mel Berns | ... | makeup department head (uncredited) |
Production Management
Jack Gertsman | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Norman Elzer | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Jack D. Moore | ... | associate set decorator |
Mentor Huebner | ... | production illustrator (uncredited) |
Solly Martino | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording director |
Stunts
John Daheim | ... | stunt double: Robert Taylor (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene | ... | costume supervisor |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) |
André Previn | ... | music supervisor (uncredited) |
Albert Sendrey | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Herbert Stothart | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Boyd Cabeen | ... | stand-in (uncredited) |
Katherine Doyle | ... | stand-in: Katherine Hepburn (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Archive Collection (2017) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- MGM Home Entertainment (VHS package design)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (German dubbing)
- Turner Entertainment (VHS package design)
- Western Electric (sound system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Approaching middle age, spinster Ann Hamilton, the daughter of Science Professor David "Dink" Hamilton, is intelligent, but dowdy and unsophisticated; she never expects to get married and does nothing but be her tomboyish self in any effort to attract a man. Being single does not bother her and she repeatedly turns down the marriage proposal of Dink's colleague, Professor Joseph Bangs, whom she doesn't love. When she meets wealthy, handsome industrialist Alan Garroway, who is doing business with Dink, she's surprised that she likes him, then that they have a whirlwind courtship, fall in love, and marry. Alan made his wealth during the war in a family-started business that ended up being a parts supplier to the military for their aircraft. In their bi-coastal marriage--Alan's company's headquarters in San Francisco, while he grew up and still owns property in Middleburg, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C., where he has many friends in high society--Ann begins to have doubts: she feels out-of-place in his high-society world, like she is a laughingstock among his friends. He is able to quell her fears about this issue as he acts as her guide to fashion and society behavior. More importantly, she feels that she doesn't really know Alan, mostly because he hid from her the fact that he has a brother, Michael, from whom he is estranged and whose current whereabouts he does not know. Michael was once part of the business in its early struggling days, but they parted when Alan caught him stealing from the company. Although she loves and trusts Alan, Ann begins to feel a kinship to what little she learns of Michael through her own investigation, which could place her at odds with Alan, and place her life in potential danger at either the hands of Alan or Michael, which of the two depending on if Alan is telling her the truth about his brother. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | An Irresistible Force That Draws a Man and Woman Together! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $1,644,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | MGM originally told Laraine Day that if she played the female lead in Keep Your Powder Dry (1945) it would reward her with the female lead in Undercurrent (1946). Although she kept her part of the bargain and appeared in that production, MGM failed to fulfill its promise and gave the lead to Katharine Hepburn. Day responded by asking for and receiving a release from her MGM contract in 1946. See more » |
Goofs | The aircraft shown flying mid-air with Ann and Alan going to Washington, D.C. and the one landing are different planes. The one flying is NC16001, the one landing is NC33651. Note the different tail on the one landing that says "Buy War Bonds". See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Forecast (1945). See more » |
Quotes |
Lucy:
Roses don't show respect. Roses show intentions. See more » |