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The Big Hangover

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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 07/29/2019
The funny stuff doesn't always pay off, but'it's a warming and enjoyable picture. Go to Full Review TIME Magazine 03/23/2011
The result makes an odd layer cake composed of alternate slabs of slapstick and preachment, none of it very digestible. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Elizabeth Taylor is warm and appealing as the amateur psychiatrist. Van Johnson, too, is rather subdued and serious here, to just as warming effect. Go to Full Review TV Guide 03/23/2011
2/4
[An] odd film about a man who gets dizzy at the mere sniff of any alcohol. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/15/2006
B+
The cast is so endearing that they do wonders with the silly premise. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/27/2016 Movie has some character and moral values for its time. Quality of the cast saves a thin script. Worth seeing. See more 10/12/2016 just OK rom-com but very predictable See more Read all reviews
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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

Carl Bellcap

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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
Producer
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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