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Once Upon a Time (1944) A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar. Cast: Jerry

Once Upon a Time (1944)

A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.

Cast:
Jerry Flynn: Cary Grant
Jeannie Thompson: Janet Blair
McGillicuddy aka The Moke: James Gleason
Arthur 'Pinky' Thompson: Ted Donaldson
Brandt: William Demarest
Reporter: Jack Lee
Shipyard Worker: Harry Tenbrook
Theatregoer: Byron Foulger
Soldier Leaving Theatre: Murray Alper
Attendant: Kirk Alyn
Businessman: Billy Wayne
Barber: Henry Armetta
Fred Stacy - Reporter: Charles Arnt
Businesswoman: Nelroy Ashley
Chorus Girl: June Millarde
Assistant Hotel Manager: William Austin
Gabriel Heatter: Art Baker
Photographer: Fred Howard
Boy: Hugh Maguire
Patrol Cop-Driver: Billy Bevan
Weightlifter: Lionel Braham
Aviator Captain: Lloyd Bridges
Miss Flemming: Lucile Browne
Hotel Desk Clerk: Eddie Bruce
TSgt. Conway: Gary Bruce
Trapeze Artist: Walter Pietila
English Bobby: Charles Coleman
Man at Bar: Maurice Cass
Doorman: Lane Chandler
Call Boy: Lawrence Lathrop
Newspaperman: Cosmo Sardo
Radio Car Cop: Cliff Clark
Telephone Operator: Grace Lenard
Prof. Van Dorn - Lepidopterist: Pedro de Cordoba
McKenzie's Secretary: Mary Currier
Room Service Waiter: George Davis
Mayor's Aide: Vernon Dent
Girl from Brooklyn: Jeff Donnell
Callahan - Police Announcer: Tom Dugan
Man: Freeman Wood
Scholarly-Type Woman: Fern Emmett
Walt Disney: Walter Fenner
Taxi Girl: Barbara Pepper
FBI Agent: Clyde Fillmore
Skeptic on Subway: James Flavin
Woman: Cecil Weston
McKenzie: Howard Freeman
Cop Outside Flynn Theatrer: Edward Gargan
Professor Draper - Lepidopterist: Vaughan Glaser
Perturbed Theatregoer: Dick Gordon
Brandt's Editor: William Gould
Boy with Shoebox: Gary Gray
Rajah Pirate: Joseph J. Greene
Assistant Cyclist: Frank Hagney
Bike Rider: Eddie Hall
Clerk: Esther Howard
Scientist #3: Erwin Kalser
Truckman: Tom Kennedy
Stage Manager: Robert B. Williams
Inventory Man: Eddie Laughton
Elevator Operator: Nolan Leary
Chinese Man: William Yip
Sarah - Jerry's Secretary: Anne Loos
Lieutenant: Robert Lowell
Committee Man: Wilbur Mack
Harry - Reporter: Frank Mayo
Fatso: Mickey McGuire
Guest: Frank McLure
Waiter: Alex Melesh
Hotel Manager: Torben Meyer
Masseur: Norval Mitchell
Gossipy Woman on Subway: Ida Moore
Aviator Lieutenant: George N. Neise
Man at Audition: Barry Norton
Barber Shop Customer: Jack Norton
Theatre Usher: John Tyrrell
Man Spouting Poetry: Garry Owen
Radio Cart Cop: Emory Parnell
Policeman: Bob Reeves
Gaucho: Robert Tafur
Mr. Snapps - Janitor: Christian Rub
Newspaper Office Typist: Jeffrey Sayre
Dunhill: Paul Stanton
Radio Technician: Alan Stone
Patrol Car Cop: Harry Strang
Jitterbug Dancer: George Tyne
Preacher: Charles Waldron
Fatso's Mother: Ruth Warren
Radio Stage Manager: Pierre Watkin
Card Player: Eric Wilton
Woman in Elevator: Isabel Withers
Joe - Reporter: Ian Wolfe

Written by: Lewis Meltzer, Oscar Saul, Irving Fineman

Director: Alexander Hall

Production: Columbia Pictures

Release date: 29 Jun 1944
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