Top cast:Wilfred Lucas,Blanche Sweet,Charles West
Director:Robert Dinesen
Genre:Comedy
Region:Lebanon
Year:2002
Storyline:Meanwhile, the British ship theEssexhad earlier caught up to Jack""s boat, theDying Gullwith its sparse remaining crew.[Note: Film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen paid homage to Sturges and his admirable film by naming their own 21st century filmO Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)?] After some failed attempts dressed as a hobo and companionship on the road with an aspiring blonde actress simply called The Girl (Veronica Lake in her second picture following her work inI Wanted Wings (1941)) and wearing boy""s clothes, he succeeded in losing his freedom, identity and name, health, pride and money.Marge noted to the doctor that Nancy started experiencing disturbing nightmares after Tina""s murder: "Now she thinks her dreams are real.[Her character represents the novel""s author.Finch was the middle name of Harper Lee""s father.Also, a mockingbird and a Finch arebothsongbirds.] Uncredited Kim Stanley narrates the film in voice-over as an adult version of Scout.She intelligently recalls where she grew up, in a small Southern own, where "the day was 24 hours long, but it seemed longer":Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it.