The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life is a 1948 film starring James Cagney adapted from the 1939 William Saroyan play of the same title. The movie was adapted by Nathaniel Curtis, directed by H. C. Potter, and featured William Bendix as Nick, Wayne Morris as Tom, Broderick Crawford as Krupp, and Ward Bond as McCarthy. A Cagney Production, The Time of Your Life was produced by Cagney's brother William and co-starred their sister Jeanne as Kitty Duval. Mostly filmed on one set, the film takes place in Nick's Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace in San Francisco where a sign outside tells... people to come in as they are. The film follows the adventures of a group of regulars at Nick's including Joe , a wealthy man who has given up working in order to hold court at the bar and have fun. He also wants to live "a civilized life" where he doesn't have to hurt anyone and believes that the real truth about people is to be found in their dreams of themselves, not the hard facts of their actual existence.
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