The Time of Your Life
The Time of Your Life is a 1948 American comedy drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris and Jeanne Cagney. A Cagney Production, The Time of Your Life was produced by Cagney's brother William and adapted by Nathaniel Curtis from the 1939 William Saroyan play of the same name. Cinematography was by James Wong Howe.
Plot
The film is set, with a few exceptions, entirely at Nick's 'Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace' in San Francisco, where a sign in the window announces "Come in and be yourself," signed "Nick" (William Bendix). Joe (James Cagney) sits at one of the saloon's tables much of the time, observing people coming and going. He is unemployed but apparently well-off, constantly ordering champagne and giving advice or money to others. (It is implied that he has a knack for choosing winning horses at races.) He desires to live "a civilized life" without hurting anyone and believes the real truth in people is found in their dreams of themselves, not the hard facts of their actual existence.
More details
| author | William Saroyan |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | H. C. Potter |
| editor | Walter Hannemann |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | best friend end james barton married (paul draper pinball renie riano tall tales tap dancing truck driver unemployed win young man |
| musicBy | Carmen Dragon |
| producer | William Cagney |
| productionCompany | William Cagney Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | dance |