Going My Way
1944 film by Leo McCarey · Released 1944
Going My Way is a 1944 American musical comedy drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald. Written by Frank Butler and Frank Cavett, based on a story by McCarey, the film is about a new young priest taking over a parish from an established old veteran. Crosby sings five songs with other songs performed onscreen by Metropolitan Opera's star mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens and the Robert Mitchell Boys Choir. Going My Way was the highest-grossing picture of 1944, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning seven, including Best Picture.
Cast ages at release (1944)
- Bing Crosby, as Father Chuck O'Malley: 40–41
- Barry Fitzgerald, as Father Fitzgibbon: 55–56
- Risë Stevens, as Genevieve Linden/Jenny Tuffel: 30–31
- Frank McHugh, as Father Timothy O'Dowd: 45–46
- James Brown, as Ted Haines Jr: 23–24
- Gene Lockhart, as Ted Haines Sr: 52–53
- Porter Hall, as Mr. Belknap: 55–56
- Fortunio Bonanova, as Tomaso Bozanni: 48–49
- Jean Heather, as Carol James: 22–23
- Eily Malyon, as Mrs: 64–65