The Big Hangover

Released May 26, 1950

1h 22m

Romance

Comedy

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67%

6 Reviews

Tomatometer

33%

50+ Ratings

Audience Score

In a French monastery during World War II, David Maldon (Van Johnson) almost drowned when he fell into a vat of brandy. Ever since, he has suffered from a psychosomatic response to alcohol that causes him to act inebriated if he so much as looks at a bottle of booze. Mary Belney (Elizabeth Taylor), the psychoanalyst daughter of the senior partner of the big-ticket law firm David has just joined, attempts to cure his condition while he battles a city prosecutor (Leon Ames) on an eviction case.

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

The funny stuff doesn't always pay off, but'it's a warming and enjoyable picture.

Jul 29, 2019

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TIME Magazine

The result makes an odd layer cake composed of alternate slabs of slapstick and preachment, none of it very digestible.

Mar 23, 2011

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Variety Staff

Variety

Elizabeth Taylor is warm and appealing as the amateur psychiatrist. Van Johnson, too, is rather subdued and serious here, to just as warming effect.

Mar 26, 2009

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TV Guide

[An] odd film about a man who gets dizzy at the mere sniff of any alcohol.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 23, 2011

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The cast is so endearing that they do wonders with the silly premise.

Rated: B+

Jan 15, 2006

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Audience Member

Movie has some character and moral values for its time. Quality of the cast saves a thin script. Worth seeing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

just OK rom-com but very predictable

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Norman Krasna

Director

Elizabeth Taylor

Mary Belney

Van Johnson

David Muldon

Percy Waram

John Belney

Fay Holden

Martha Belney

Leon Ames

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Synopsis

In a French monastery during World War II, David Maldon (Van Johnson) almost drowned when he fell into a vat of brandy. Ever since, he has suffered from a psychosomatic response to alcohol that causes him to act inebriated if he so much as looks at a bottle of booze. Mary Belney (Elizabeth Taylor), the psychoanalyst daughter of the senior partner of the big-ticket law firm David has just joined, attempts to cure his condition while he battles a city prosecutor (Leon Ames) on an eviction case.

Director: Norman Krasna
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 26, 1950, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 22m

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