Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

Aug 16, 1938 · 1h 6m · Comedy

⭐ 5.3· 26 votes

Director Orson Welles

Writer Orson Welles

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Overview

This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.

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Cast

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Augustus Billings

Virginia Nicolson

Virginia Nicolson

Lenore Faddish

Arlene Francis

Arlene Francis

Mrs. Dathis

Mary Wickes

Mary Wickes

Mrs. Battison

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Keystone Kop

John Houseman

John Houseman

Duelist

Judy Holliday

Judy Holliday

(uncredited)

Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier

Leon Dathis

Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford

Mrs. Billings

Eustace Wyatt

Eustace Wyatt

Francis Faddish

Guy Kingsley Poynter

Guy Kingsley Poynter

Henry MacIntosh

George Duthie

Purser

John Berry

John Berry

Marc Blitzstein

Marc Blitzstein

Extra

Herbert Drake

Keystone Kop