The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind former aviator restore her faith and happiness?
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
54 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank CapraDirector
- Jo SwerlingScreenplay
- Robert RiskinScreenplay
- John MeehanScreenplay
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckFlorence Fallon
- David MannersJohn Carson
- Sam HardyBob Hornsby
- Beryl MercerMrs. Higgins
- Russell HoptonBill Welford
- Charles MiddletonSimpson
- Eddie BolandCollins
- Thelma HillGussie
- Jessie ArnoldSupportive Parishioner (uncredited)
- Robert BolderMan in Audience (uncredited)
- Aileen CarlyleViolet (uncredited)
- Mary DoranParty Guest (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
blackmailcon manfraudreligious hypocrisypre-codelandladydeclaration of loveevangelistmoral transformationconflagrationfaith healerventriloquist's dummy