The title role in That Brennan Girl is played by Mona Freeman who learned early
and hard to be a cynic. This was a loan out role for Freeman for this Republic production because at her home
studio of Paramount she was normallyy playing sweet young ingenues.
Freeman has a great example set to her by her mother June Duprez who says land a man with a bank account and hang on tight. Still she's a romantic sort and does fall for sailor William Marshall.
It all ends tragically for her when Marshall is killed during the war. But he's left something behind and that forces an attitude readjustment.
Top billed however in That Brennan Girl is James Dunn who was a lead in the 30s with Fox but who gradually fell out of top tier parts and studios due to a drinking problem. But winning an Oscar for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn the previous year gave his career a temporary rebound.
He's an Irish-American gangster who's between Duprez's and Freeman's age sparks an interest in both. He too undergoes a change in life as only a stretch in the joint might affect some. In many ways this is similar to the part he played in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.
Freeman is the real revelation here. You won't find her in too many roles like this one.
Freeman has a great example set to her by her mother June Duprez who says land a man with a bank account and hang on tight. Still she's a romantic sort and does fall for sailor William Marshall.
It all ends tragically for her when Marshall is killed during the war. But he's left something behind and that forces an attitude readjustment.
Top billed however in That Brennan Girl is James Dunn who was a lead in the 30s with Fox but who gradually fell out of top tier parts and studios due to a drinking problem. But winning an Oscar for A Tree Grows In Brooklyn the previous year gave his career a temporary rebound.
He's an Irish-American gangster who's between Duprez's and Freeman's age sparks an interest in both. He too undergoes a change in life as only a stretch in the joint might affect some. In many ways this is similar to the part he played in A Tree Grows In Brooklyn.
Freeman is the real revelation here. You won't find her in too many roles like this one.