Trouble Along the Way

Trouble Along the Way

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 4, 1953

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

Trouble Along the Way

110 mins | Drama, Comedy | April 4, 1953

Trouble Along the Way
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Trouble Along the Way
Directors David Curtiz, Michael Curtiz
Writers Robert Hardy Andrews, Douglas Morrow, Jack Rose, Melville Shavelson

Cast

John Wayne

as Stephen Aloysius Williams

Donna Reed

as Alice Singleton

Chuck Connors

as Stan Schwegler

Charles Coburn

as le Père Matthew William Burke

Tom Tully

as Father Malone

Sherry Jackson

as Carol Williams

Marie Windsor

as Anne Williams McCormick

Tom Helmore

as Harold McCormick

Dabbs Greer

as Father Peterson

Leif Erickson

as Father Provincial aka Ed

Douglas Spencer

as Father Procurator aka George

Lester Matthews

as Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

Murray Alper

as Bus Driver

Phil Chambers

as Bishop

Keith Clarke

as Scholastic

Doris Cole

as Redhead

James Dean

as Football Spectator

Ted Eckelberry

as Joe Ostrow

Frank Ferguson

as Mike Edwards

James Flavin

as Coach Buck Holman

Fritz Ford

as Football Player

Jack Gargan

as Bailiff

Richard Garrick

as Judge

Ned Glass

as Pool Player

Fred Graham

as Bill Sackheim

Merv Griffin

as Football Broadcaster (voice)

Tom Hernández

as Butler

Robert Keys

as Santa Clara Team Manager Joe

Paul Kruger

as Bailiff

Ray Kyle

as Student

Mike Lally

as Priest

Frank Marlowe

as Drunk in Bar with Dog

Sydney Mason

as Priest

Frank McLure

as Priest

Larry Merrill

as Jeffrey Marlowe

Jack Mower

as Domestic Court Staffer

Barry Norton

as Party Guest

William H. O'Brien

as Bartender Joe

Jack Pepper

as Irish Tenor / Pianist in Saloon

Howard Petrie

as Marvin Adams

Angi O. Poulos

as Saloon Waiter

Vici Raaf

as Beanie

Bill Radovich

as Moose McCall

Olan Soule

as Cardinal's Secretary

Anitra Stevens

as Bobo

Arthur Tovey

as Football Spectator

Renata Vanni

as Maria's Italian Mother

Ralph Volkie

as Referee

Charles Watts

as Mr. Wallace

Guy Way

as Football Player

Jeri Weil

as Young Carol

Gayne Whitman

as Lawyer Grummet