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65% Critic Match
Good News
“M-G-M's terrific technicolor musical!”
6.5 / 10• 1947• 1h 35m•NR• English
MusicComedyRomance
Storyline
At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
Cast & Crew
June Allyson
Connie Lane
Lead
Peter Lawford
Tommy Marlowe
Patricia Marshall
Pat McClellan
Joan McCracken
Babe Doolittle
Ray McDonald
Bobby Turner
Mel Tormé
Danny
RE
Robert E. Strickland
Peter Van Dyne III
Donald MacBride
Coach Johnson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Charles Walters's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Good News is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
