Song of the Open Road

"Sing Out, Swing Out, Along The Road To Fun!"

Jun 21 1944 Passed 1h 33m
Comedy, Musical

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."

Plot

Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth hostels and picking crops while adult farmworkers are at war. Totally clueless about the real world, befuddled Jane is embroiled in teen-romance complications while Mother frantically searches. Will her stardom help or hinder her new friends? W.C. Fields does a short act with Bergen and McCarthy.

Written by

Albert Mannheimer, Irving Phillips, Edward Verdier

Directed by

S. Sylvan Simon

Cast

Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Bonita Granville

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Charles R. Rogers Productions

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
188
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA