The Magnificent Yankee

1950 film by John Sturges
Movie film Q765264
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Summary

The Magnificent Yankee is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (302 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Sturges[3]
  • Screenwriter: Francis Biddle[4]
  • Composer: David Raksin[5]
  • Genre: trial film[6], biographical film[7]
  • Cast member: Louis Calhern[8], Ann Harding[9], Eduard Franz[10], Philip Ober[11], Ian Wolfe[12], Edith Evanson[13], Richard Anderson[14], Jimmy Lydon[15], John Phillip Law[16], Herbert Anderson[17], Dan Tobin[18], Gayne Whitman[19]
  • Producer: Armand Deutsch[20]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[21]
  • Director of photography: Joseph Ruttenberg[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[23]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[24]
  • Review score: 6.4/10[25], 83%[26]
  • Color: black-and-white[27]
  • Country of origin: United States[28]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1950[29]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[30]
  • Film editor: Ferris Webster[31]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor[32], Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[33]
  • Title: The Magnificent Yankee[34]
  • Duration: 89 minutes[35]
  • Production designer: Cedric Gibbons[36]
  • P14449: 88748[37]

Why It Matters

The Magnificent Yankee has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'tr']
    Ampas collections film id → W063247
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 168256
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Production designer → Cedric Gibbons
    P14449 → 88748
    Producer → Armand Deutsch
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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