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The Happy Years

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1hr 50min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Release:
1950
Director:
William Wellman
Starring:
Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett  ...more
Synopsis: Owen Johnson's novel The Lawrenceville School Stories (compiled from short stories originally published in The Saturday Evening Post) was the basis for The Happy Years. The film is set at an early 20th-century boy's prep school; Dean Stockwell plays an habitual troublemaker sent to this school as a means of straightening him out and making a man of him. At first bullied by the older kids, the pugnacious Stockwell stands his ground until he earns his fellow students' respect. The film adheres strictly ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
A warm but not stickily sentimental piece of nostalgia, The Happy Years creates a bygone era that never really was and makes it a pretty spiffy place to spend 90 minutes or so. Some modern viewers will definitely find it a bit too manufactured, and it's hard to dispute that claim; but many others will forgive it this flaw for the rosy glow it evokes in them. It's also hard to argue with the criticism ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Dean Stockwell
John Humperdink Stover
Darryl Hickman
Tough McCarthy
Scotty Beckett
Tennessee Shad
Leon Ames
Samuel H. Stover, Sr.
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