Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame

1942 | 1h 43m | Mystery, Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Journalist Steve O'Malley is writing a biography of a national hero who died when his car ran off a bridge. The man's widow Christine cooperates, and Steve learns that she could have warned him of the bridge but chose not to...

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Cukor

CAST

Katharine Hepburn

Spencer Tracy

Margaret Wycherly

Richard Whorf

Forrest Tucker

PRODUCERS

Victor Saville

WRITERS

Donald Stewart

Related Videos

02:29
Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Our Follies And Our Failures
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Returned war correspondent OMalley (Spencer Tracy) beginning his interview of Christine Forrest (Katharine Hepburn), widow of the national hero hell be writing about, when her cousin (Forrest Tucker) and Forrests aide (Richard Whorf) interrupt, in The Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.
03:40
Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Robert Forrest Killed
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The dramatic opening, briefly introducing young Darryl Hickman and Howard da Silva, the nation convulsing as we meet Spencer Tracy, as reporter OMalley, who flags down old friend Jane (Audrey Christie), in George Cukors Keeper Of The Flame, 1942, co-starring Katharine Hepburn.
03:18
Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Big Man
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Spencer Tracy as maverick reporter OMalley, his take on the death of national hero Forrest different than that of his colleagues (Horace McNally, Audrey Christie), drawing the interest of mysterious Forrest Tucker, and press flak Kerndon (Richard Whorf), early in Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.
03:52
Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Most Women Spoil You Life
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From Margaret Wycherlys noted performance as the deranged mother of deceased national hero Robert Forrest, with mystified but compassionate reporter OMalley (Spencer Tracy), when widow Christine (Katharine Hepburn) intervenes, in George Cukors The Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.
03:47
Keeper Of The Flame, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I Envisioned An Older Man
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25 minutes into the picture the first appearance of co-top-billed Katherine Hepburn, as Christine Forrest, mourning widow of national hero Robert, as she meets enterprising and acclaimed reporter OMalley (Spencer Tracy), who has snuck into her house, in George Cukors Keeper Of The Flame, 1942.
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Keeper of the Flame - (Original Trailer)
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A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero in Keeper of the Flame (1942) with Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy.

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