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{{Infobox film

| name = Great Day in the Morning

| image = Great-Day-in-the-Morning.jpg

| director = Jacques Tourneur

| producer = Edmund Grainger

| based_on =

| screenplay = Lesser Samuels

| starring = Virginia Mayo
Robert Stack
Ruth Roman

| music = Leith Stevens

| cinematography = William E. Snyder

| editing = Harry Marker

| studio = Edmund Grainger Productions, Inc.

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 92 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

'Great Day in the Morning' is a Technicolor Superscope 1956 film.'Variety' film review; May 16, 1956, page 18.'Harrison's Reports' film review; May 19, 1956, page 80. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur and stars Virginia Mayo, Robert Stack, and Ruth Roman in a story set in 1860s Denver.

Plot



In the year 1861, just prior to the outbreak of the Civil War in the Colorado Territory, Owen Pentecost (Robert Stack) is a man from North Carolina who comes west to Denver on a whim. He encounters Ann Merry Alaine (Virginia Mayo), who is going there to open a dress shop.

In a Denver hotel saloon, Owen wins a poker game with the owner, Jumbo Means (Raymond Burr),

who bet his estate on the last hand. Along with the hotel comes Boston Grant (Ruth Roman), who works there.

Both women begin to fall for Owen. He has money on his mind, specifically the gold of the town's Confederates, which turns out to be what brought him here. But the predominantly Union town wants the gold, and with the Civil War approaching, the town is split. Owen leads the Southerners in an escape attempt with the gold.

Cast



* Robert Stack as Owen

* Virginia Mayo as Ann Merry

* Ruth Roman as Boston

* Raymond Burr as Jumbo

* Alex Nicol as Capt. Kirby

* Regis Toomey as Father Murphy

* Leo Gordon as Zeff Masterson

* Carlton Young as Col. Gibson

* Donald MacDonald as Gary John Lawford

* Peter Whitney as Phil the Cannibal

* Dan White as Rogers (uncredited)

See also



* List of American films of 1956

* "Great day in the morning" is a southern expression, e.g., James Brown used it in 'Get On Up' (2014)

* "Great Day in the Morning", a song recorded by such artists as:

** Hoots & Hellmouth, on the album 'Salt' (2012)

** The Hoppers, a gospel song on the album 'Great Day' (2003)

** Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans

* "Greatdayndamornin'/Booty" (2012), a song by D'Angelo

References




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