Harmon of Michigan
1941 film directed by Charles Barton
Harmon of Michigan is a 1941 American sports film directed by Charles Barton and starring Tom Harmon, Anita Louise and Larry Parks. Ostensibly a biopic about University of Michigan football player Harmon's post-collegiate career as a coach, it was actually filmed immediately upon his graduation and is thus entirely fictional. Harmon, who was an all-American and Heisman Trophy winner at Michigan, plays himself in the film.
Plot
Cast
Tom Harmon as himself
Anita Louise as Peggy Adams
Forest Evashevski as himself
Oscar O'Shea as "Pop" Branch
Warren Ashe as Bill Morgan
Stanley Brown as Freddy Davis
Ken Christy as Joe Scudder
Tim Ryan as Flash Regan
William Hall as Coach Jimmy Wayburn
Larry Parks as Harvey
Lloyd Bridges as Ozzie
Chester Conklin as Gasoline Chuck
References
Bibliography
Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
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