THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK

Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton, William Demarest, Diana Lynn

Paramount Pictures; Directed by Preston Sturges

Not Rated; 98 minutes; 1944

Daring and with a plot line almost unheard of at the time of its release, this slapstick comedy is about a small town girl (Betty Hutton) who attends a wild party during World War II, gets drunk, gets pregnant, and marries a soldier she has only met once.

 

AWARDS

Academy Award® nomination - Best Original Screenplay

 

REVIEWS

"Frantic, hilarious. Bracken and Demarest have never been better than in this daring wartime farce."

- Leonard Maltin