Random Harvest

Year:

1943

Duration:

126 min (Turner library print) (copyright length)

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

8

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Awards:

Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1943-08-31

Earnings

Budget: $1,210,000

Gross: $10,137,000 (USA)$17,760,460 (worldwide)

Cast

Actor

Character

Margaret Wycherly

Random Harvest

Ronald Colman

Charles Rainier

Greer Garson

Paula

Philip Dorn

Dr. Jonathan Benet

Susan Peters

Kitty

Henry Travers

Dr. Sims

Reginald Owen

'Biffer'

Bramwell Fletcher

Harrison

Rhys Williams

Sam

Una O'Connor

Tobacconist

Aubrey Mather

Sheldon

Arthur Margetson

Chetwynd

Melville Cooper

George

Alan Napier

Julian

Jill Esmond

Lydia

Marta Linden

Jill

Ann Richards

Bridget

Norma Varden

Julia

David Cavendish

Henry Chilcet

Ivan F. Simpson

The Vicar (as Ivan Simpson)

Marie De Becker

Vicar's Wife

Charles Waldron

Mr. Lloyd

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Lloyd

Harry Adams

Businessman (uncredited)

Lowden Adams

Clerk (uncredited)

Harry Allen

Bartender (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

Businessman (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

Man Outside Asylum (uncredited)

Charles Bennett

Porter (uncredited)

Frank Benson

Workman (uncredited)

Olive Blakeney

Miss Barnes (uncredited)

Matthew Boulton

Policeman (uncredited)

John Burton

Pearson (uncredited)

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers

Church Singers

Wallis Clark

Jones (uncredited)

David Clyde

Lodgekeeper at Random Hall (uncredited)

Robert Cory

Waiter (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Comedian (uncredited)

Madge Crane

Mrs. Sims (uncredited)

Sidney D'Albrook

Workman (uncredited)

Henry Daniel

Heavy Man (uncredited)

Harold De Becker

Milk Deliveryman (uncredited)

Helena Phillips Evans

Ella - Charwoman (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Member of House of Commons (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Workman (uncredited)

Edward Fielding

Prime Minister (uncredited)

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Minor Role (uncredited)

Arthur Gould-Porter

Attendant (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

Workman (uncredited)

Lumsden Hare

Sir John (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Member of House of Commons (uncredited)

Winifred Harris

Ballet (uncredited)

Hugh Harrison

Workman (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

Cabby

Al Hill

Member of House of Commons (uncredited)

Ernest Hilliard

Member of House of Commons (uncredited)

James Hilton

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Keith Hitchcock

Commissionaire (uncredited)

Tommy Hughes

Workman (uncredited)

Lilyan Irene

Waitress (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Party Whip (uncredited)

Bill James

Workman (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Workman (uncredited)

Terry Kilburn

Newsboy on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Henry King

Workman (uncredited)

George Kirby

Conductor (uncredited)

Peter Lawford

Soldier (uncredited)

Gwendolyn Logan

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Stanley Mann

Workman (uncredited)

Dan Maxwell

Workman (uncredited)

Clement May

Beddoes (uncredited)

Cyril McLaglen

Liverpool Policeman (uncredited)

Kay Medford

Wife (uncredited)

Pat Moriarty

Workman (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie

Old Man Witnessing Accident (uncredited)

Bill Nind

Workman (uncredited)

Rita Page

Nurse (uncredited)

Gil Perkins

Hospital Attendant (uncredited)

Hilda Plowright

Paula's Nurse (uncredited)

John Power

Workman (uncredited)

Clifford Severn

Albert (uncredited)

Harry Shannon

Badgeley - Melbridge Works (uncredited)

C. Montague Shaw

Julia's Husband (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

Judge (uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood

Cockney Workman (uncredited)

Arthur Shields

Liverpool Chemist (uncredited)

Leslie Sketchley

Workman (uncredited)

Arthur Space

Traumatized Patient #2 (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Attendant (uncredited)

Donald Stuart

2nd Liverpool Cabby (uncredited)

Walter Tetley

Call Boy (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

Asylum Guard (uncredited)

John Van Eyck

Workman (uncredited)

Pax Walker

Sheila (uncredited)

Frank Whitbeck

Trailer Narrator (uncredited)

Elizabeth Williams

Minor Role (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

Member of House of Commons (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

Registrar of Births (uncredited)

Frederick Worlock

Margaret's Lawyer (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In her final years at MGM, Joan Crawford was handed weak scripts in the hopes that she'd break her contract. Two films she hungered to appear in were Random Harvest (1942) and Madame Curie (1943). Both films went to bright new star Greer Garson instead, and Crawford left the studio soon after.

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Ann Richards was the first choice for the role of 'Kitty,' which was ultimately played by Susan Peters.

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The title is taken from a quotation that appears in hardback versions of the novel (but omitted from most paperback printings.) The quotation is: "According to a British Official Report, bombs fell at Random." - German Official Report. The movie renames the Rainier ancestral home "Random Hall" to better tie in with the title, although in the novel, the estate is named "Stourton".

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Goofs

The position of Kitty's legs changes when sharing a smoke with Charles.

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When Rainier hosts a dinner for the Prime Minister, we see briefly on screen the invitation card. It says, "...requests the honor of your company." The English spell it "honour".

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In the sequence where Rainier (Colman) see his wife off at a London railway station (about 113m into the film), there's a tracking shot as the pair walk along the station platform. The shadow of the camera is briefly, but clearly, visible on a pillar moving through the foreground of the shot.

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Quotes

Paula: Oh Smithy, You're ruining my makeup.

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Smithy: Isn't there something morbid in burying one's heart with the dead?

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Paula: You are from the asylum, aren't you? Aren't you?

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Faq

Q

What secret does the book keep until the end?

A

In James Hilton's novel, we don't learn until the last page that Charles Rainier's two wives are the same person. For obvious reasons, the movie adapters would have found it difficult to keep the same secret from audiences.

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