Credit Card Processing





Return to Johnny Holiday (1949) William Bendix, Hoagy Carmichael
Sort By::
Page of 1


  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Johnny Holiday November 3, 2022
Reviewer: Wanda Gilbert from Warner Robins, GA United States  
Purchase went smoothly and received in a short amount of time compared to some DVD sites I have dealt with.

Was this review helpful to you?

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Good Leading Role for Bendix October 14, 2022
Reviewer: William Mead from Burbank, CA United States  
Whether portraying simple family man Chester Riley or beating the bejesus out of poor little Alan Ladd, William Bendix always delivered a memorable performance. He's well-cast here trying to provide a good influence for a juvenile delinquent. Very good film could easily have been maudlin but isn't.

Was this review helpful to you?

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Excellent movie July 21, 2021
Reviewer: Lycan from Lafayette, IN United States  
The movie is realistic. I was in the boy school the movie was filmed at. The cottage the film was filmed in  is still there so is the barn. Now they have razer wire fence around the whole grounds. The cemetery is there outside the fence. They closed the boyschool down now its adult facility.

Was this review helpful to you?

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Johnny Holiday July 8, 2018
Reviewer: Aureo Alejandro Jr from Miami, FL United States  
I loved it! I hadn't seen it in over 60 years!

Was this review helpful to you?

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
4 of 5 Johnny Holiday November 15, 2015
Reviewer: Donald Allen from Indianapolis, IN United States  
The movie was actually much better than we thought it was going to be.  We bought it to see the scene with Hoagy Carmichael where he asks the little boy who is standing next to him to sing.  That boy is a friend of mine.

Was this review helpful to you?

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
5 of 5 Great Movie for its Time! September 8, 2015
Reviewer: Anonymous Person from YONKERS, NY United States  
I was ecstatic (after several years of searching) to find this DVD available to purchase.  My husband has fond memories of watching this movie as a child with his family and told me about it over and over and begged me to research it on-line.  Finally I was able to purchase it and make him one happy man!  We watched it together that night and both loved it!

Was this review helpful to you?

  0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 
4 of 5 JOHNNY HOLIDAY September 24, 2014
Reviewer: JAMES MORRELLA from YONKERS, NY United States  
This is a film about a young boy going wrong after experiencing personal hardships. His father, apparently (never explained), is not in the picture and his mother is very ill. He falls under the influence of an older teen who has been so abused by his father he turned to crime.

The boy is caught and is sent to a correctional institute for young boys. Here he meets the Bill Bendix character, who takes an interest in him.

The story and acting were great. It is based on a real Indiana institution. It does not try to say all will be saved, but it does show hope. It also shows how at that time God was still in the equation. Maybe that he is no longer explains a lot.

This is a "B" film that rises above that definition.

Was this review helpful to you?