A Man to Remember

A Man to Remember
Theatrical release lobby card
Directed byGarson Kanin
Screenplay byDalton Trumbo
Based onFailure
1932 short story
by Katherine Haviland Taylor
Produced byRobert Sisk
StarringAnne Shirley
Edward Ellis
Lee Bowman
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Edited byJack Hively
Music byRoy Webb
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • October 14, 1938 (1938-10-14) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$118,000
Box office$416,000

A Man to Remember is a 1938 American drama film directed by Garson Kanin, his first film credit as a director. The picture was based on the short story Failure, written by Katharine Haviland-Taylor, and the screenplay was penned by Dalton Trumbo. The story tells of a saintly small-town doctor working under difficult circumstances somewhere in the United States after World War I. The movie is a remake of One Man's Journey (1933) starring Lionel Barrymore.