The Time of Your Life (film)

The Time of Your Life
Original film poster
Directed byH. C. Potter
Written byNathaniel Curtis
Based onThe Time of Your Life
1939 play
by William Saroyan
Produced byWilliam Cagney
StarringJames Cagney
William Bendix
Wayne Morris
Jeanne Cagney
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byWalter Hannemann
Truman K. Wood
Music byCarmen Dragon
Production
company
William Cagney Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • May 26, 1948 (1948-05-26) (New York City)
  • September 3, 1948 (1948-09-03) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes
105 minutes
(Turner library print)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[1]
Box office$1.5 million[2][3]

The Time of Your Life is a 1948 American comedy drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris and Jeanne Cagney. A Cagney Production, The Time of Your Life was produced by Cagney's brother William and adapted by Nathaniel Curtis from the 1939 William Saroyan play of the same name. Cinematography was by James Wong Howe.

  1. ^ THOMAS F. BRADY (Feb 1, 1948). "HOLLYWOOD DEALS: Prospects Brighten for United Artists -Budget Runs Wild and Other Matters". New York Times. p. X5.
  2. ^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3. p217
  3. ^ "Top Grossers of 1948", Variety 5 January 1949 p 46