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Top o' the Morning (1949)
Directed by David Miller
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A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone…and romance the local policeman’s daughter.
Rated NR | Length 100 minutes
Actors
Morgan Farley | Hume Cronyn | Barry Fitzgerald | Bing Crosby | Eileen Crowe | Ann Blyth | John McIntire | Jimmy Hunt | John Eldredge | Tudor Owen | John 'Skins' Miller
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/13/2012 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 2.5 stars |
| (Average) 2.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Never having seen a Bing Crosby movie, I wasn’t exacty sure what I was in for. TOP O’ THE MORNING is certainly a movie with Bing Crosby in it.
Oh, I suppose it has its charm: Bing Crosby’s songs and the very 1940s plot and style. But that plot and style also grates a bit. And, it portrays the Irish as a bunch of European hicks from the sticks who need the bold American to swoop in and save the day.
And frankly, the ending is a bit of a mess. Bing figures it all out via wagon track detectivating and then to resolve it it requires an old lady and a singing kid. And when it all wraps up, you still don’t know how the theft of the Blarney Stone happened. It all really doesn’t make much sense. Or I’m just an idiot.
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