Roughly Speaking

Roughly Speaking

1945 | 2h 0m | Comedy, Drama | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

An ordinary woman continually overcomes adversity to build a happy life and a large and devoted family.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Michael Curtiz

CAST

Rosalind Russell

Jack Carson

Robert Hutton

Jean Sullivan

Donald Woods

PRODUCERS

Henry Blanke

WRITERS

Louise Randall Pierson

Catherine Turney

Louise Randall Pierson

Related Videos

Roughly Speaking (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Infantile Paralysis
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Just moved to their new home up the Hudson, Rosalind Russell as mom Louise Randall Pierson, screenwriter and author of the original memoir, with husband Rodney (Donald Woods), discovers very bad news about the kids, especially Louise Jr. (Jo Ann Marlowe), in Roughly Speaking, 1945.
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Roughly Speaking (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Position In New Haven
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Appearing on screen for the first time after her narrated childhood, Rosalind Russell as heroine Louise Randall Pierson arrives at college ca. 1909, with friend Alice (Ann Doran) and her frightened dean (Aily Malyon), in the Warner Bros. bio-pic Roughly Speaking, 1945.
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Roughly Speaking -- (Original Trailer)
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Rosalind Russell is a headstrong woman who ends up with two marriages and seven children in the true story of Louise Randall Pierson.

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