

Those Were the Days!
1940-07-14 · 74 min · ★ 8.0
At a family gathering, an elderly man reflects on the follies of his youth during his freshman year at college.
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- Directors
- Theodore Reed
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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William HoldenP. J. "Petey" Simmons
Bonita GranvilleMartha Scroggs
Ezra StoneAlexander "Allie" Bangs
Vaughan GlaserMalachi Scroggs
Judith BarrettMirabel Allstairs
Lucien LittlefieldProfessor Sillicocks
Alan LaddKeg Rearick
William FrawleyPrisoner
Richard DenningBriggs
Phillip TerryRansom
Tom RutherfordSam Byers
Aldrich BowkerJudge Squire Jennings
James SeayAndrews
Douglas KennedyAllen
John HartleyWhipple
Mark RobertsAllison
Steve PendletonConnie Mathews
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