Keeper of the Flame
6.7
“The screen's most exciting lovers in their newest romantic triumph!”
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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Cast
43 people
Spencer Tracy
Stevie O'Malley
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Katharine Hepburn
Christine Forrest
Known for
Bringing Up Baby
The African Queen
Richard Whorf
Clive Kerndon
Known for
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Margaret Wycherly
Old Mrs. Forrest
Known for
White Heat
Sergeant York
Forrest Tucker
Geoff Midford
Known for
The Abominable Snowman
Chisum
Frank Craven
Docteur Fielding
Known for
Son of Dracula
In This Our Life
Stephen McNally
Freddie Ridges
Known for
Winchester '73
Criss Cross
Percy Kilbride
Orion Peabody
Known for
The Southerner
Fallen Angel
Audrey Christie
Jane Harding
Known for
Splendor in the Grass
Frankie and Johnny
Darryl Hickman
Jeb Rickards
Known for
The Tingler
Network
Donald Meek
Mr Arbuthnot
Known for
Stagecoach
You Can't Take It with You
Howard Da Silva
Jason Rickards
Known for
The Lost Weekend
They Live by Night
George Cukor Director · Donald Ogden Stewart Screenplay I.A.R. Wylie Author
Worldwide gross $3.2M · Budget $1.2M · United States release April 1, 1943
Box office
Budget
$1,172,000
Worldwide gross
$3,222,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
Loew's
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 2, 1942
Premiere · Office of War Information's Bureau of Motion Pictures
United States · April 1, 1943
Theatrical
United States
January 28, 1943 · Premiere · Cincinnati, Ohio
March 18, 1943 · Premiere · New York City, New York
Germany
November 15, 1987 · TV
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