Easy Come, Easy Go
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Farrow
Barry Fitzgerald
Diana Lynn
Sonny Tufts
Dick Foran
Frank Mchugh
Film Details
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Synopsis
New York Irishman Martin L. Donovan, a charismatic, compulsive gambler affectionately referred to as "Himself," is released after being caught in a raid at a bookie joint, when he finally promises to do legitimate work. Although Martin's daughter Connie tries to take care of the family boardinghouse, Martin's boarders are captivated by his dreams of wealth and place bets with him, and are then unable to pay rent. Fearing that he will lose Connie to marriage, Martin starts a rivalry for her affection between policeman Dale Whipple and returning "seabee" Kevin O'Connor. Kevin, whom Connie has loved since she was a girl, wins Connie's heart, and she shares his dream of opening an automobile repair shop. Hoping to keep Connie with him, Martin lures Kevin into spending all his earnings as a cab driver on bets. Although depressed by his overwhelming losses, Kevin proposes to Connie, but loses the money for an engagement ring, when he follows Martin's gambling advice. Kevin is then arrested with Martin in a police raid, and is accused of participating in a robbery, in which his stolen cab was used. Connie posts bail with the deed to her house, but leaves Kevin for Dale because of his gambling. Without Connie there, everything falls apart at the boardinghouse. The disgusted renters move out and bill collectors pound on Martin's door. Martin's last hope for solvency disappears when his brother Timothy, who has just returned after a twenty-year absence, reveals he is as poor as Martin. Martin then goes to work with Timothy, a diver for the police, and one day while diving into the East River, Martin finds a satchel filled with money. Martin spends the cash profligately, favoring the motto, "easy come, easy go," and the money soon runs out. When Connie learns that Martin has lost his fortune and his friends, she pawns Dale's engagement ring, and, at the urging of former boarder Mrs. Angela Orange, bets the money on a horse named "Easy Come, Easy Go." Before the race is finished, the betting house is raided and both women are arrested. Connie is embarrassed when Dale turns out to be the arresting officer, and he worries that his reputation with the police force will be damaged. After Connie is released, she learns that "Easy Come, Easy Go" won the race, and reunites with Martin and Kevin. Martin is hit by a car shortly after, and although he is not severely injured, he goes into shock. A kindly priest talks Martin out of his coma using racing metaphors, and Martin's faith in life is restored.
Director
John Farrow
Cast
Barry Fitzgerald
Diana Lynn
Sonny Tufts
Dick Foran
Frank Mchugh
Allen Jenkins
John Litel
Arthur Shields
Frank Faylen
James Burke
George Cleveland
Ida Moore
Rhys Williams
Oscar Rudolph
Gene Stone
Lou Lubin
Frank Puglia
Erno Verebes
Olin Howlin
Howard Freeman
Hobart Cavanaugh
Byron Foulger
Houseley Stevenson
Tom Fadden
Tom Dugan
Joey Ray
Howard Mitchell
Chester Clute
Rex Lease
Ted Rand
Stanley Price
Pat Mcveigh
Phil Monte
Crane Whitley
Matt Mchugh
Charles Sullivan
Perc Launders
Jimmie Dundee
Eddie Fetherston
Antonio Filauri
Stanley Andrews
Jack Shea
John Sheehan
Chuck Hamilton
James Flavin
Eddy Chandler
G. Pat Collins
Tom P. Dillon
Polly Bailey
Robert R. Stephenson
Lorin Raker
Harry Hayden
Syd Saylor
Philip Van Zandt
Myron Geiger
Tommy Summers
Dario Piazza
David Wold
Dan Borzage
Charles Campbell
John Jennings
James Davies
James Cornell
Patricia West
Betty Hill
Julia Faye
Diane Ervin
Patricia Harmon
Miriam Snitzer
Jean Marshall
Freddie Chapman
Vincent Graeff
Mickey Mcguire
Henry Blair
Jack Murphy
Edwin Chandler
Crew
Haskell Boggs
Sam Comer
Stanley Cooley
Haldane Douglas
Hans Dreier
Farciot Edouart
Daniel L. Fapp
Francis Edwards Faragoh
John Farrow
Anne Froelick
Maurice Goodman
Loyal Griggs
Gordon Jennings
Don Johnson
Paul Lerpae
Kenneth Macgowan
John Mcnulty
Dorothy O'hara
Oscar Rudolph
Thomas Scott
Eda Warren
Roy Webb
Wally Westmore
Philip G. Wisdom
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
The working titles of this film were Third Avenue and Too Good to Be True. John McNulty's book was originally published in the early 1940s as a series of sketches in The New Yorker magazine. Paramount released a song, "Easy Come, Easy Go," music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans, in conjunction with the release of this film, but the song was not heard in the viewed print.
