Fresh
Paramount may have made a more appealing, more tenderly human and amusing picture than "Going My Way," during its many years of film-making, but if so, I have missed it.
Kate Cameron, New York Daily News
Going My Way
When the St. Louis Browns lost Bing, the Cardinal got a good singer!
1944 · 2h 6m · Passed
Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by
Leo McCarey
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Going My Way
Overview
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
Director and cast
- Leo McCarey Director
- Bing Crosby as Father Chuck O'Malley
- Barry Fitzgerald as Father Fitzgibbon
- Frank McHugh as Father Timothy O'Dowd
- James Brown as Ted Haines Jr.
- Gene Lockhart as Ted Haines Snr.
- Jean Heather as Carol James
- Porter Hall as Mr. Belknap
- Anita Sharp-Bolster as Mrs. Quimp
- Fortunio Bonanova as Choir
- Eily Malyon Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's nothing special or memorable about this overlong endeavor, the first of two motion pictures to feature Bing Crosby's insufferably noble Father Chuck O'Malley.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
It offers, in the performance of nutcracker-faced, 56-year-old Barry Fitzgerald, the finest, funniest and most touching portrayal of old age that has yet reached the screen.
James Agee, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Major thread of gaiety runs through the proceedings, and McCarey has liberally sprinkled sparkling individual episodes along the way for cinch audience reaction.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Go anywhere to avoid it.
Adrian Turner, Time Out
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