Trouble Along the Way

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Trouble Along the Way

"Wild, Wayne and Wonderful All The Way!"

1953

1h 50m

5.9(26 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

52 members

Acting

John Wayne

Stephen Aloysius Williams

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Donna Reed

Alice Singleton

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Chuck Connors

Stan Schwegler

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Charles Coburn

le Père Matthew William Burke

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Tom Tully

Father Malone

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Sherry Jackson

Carol Williams

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Marie Windsor

Anne Williams McCormick

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Tom Helmore

Harold McCormick

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Dabbs Greer

Father Peterson

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Leif Erickson

Father Provincial aka Ed

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Douglas Spencer

Father Procurator aka George

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Lester Matthews

Cardinal William Patrick O'Shea

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Murray Alper

Bus Driver

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Phil Chambers

Bishop

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Keith Clarke

Scholastic

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Doris Cole

Redhead

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Ted Eckelberry

Joe Ostrow

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Frank Ferguson

Mike Edwards

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James Flavin

Coach Buck Holman

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Fritz Ford

Football Player

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Jack Gargan

Bailiff

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Richard Garrick

Judge

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Ned Glass

Pool Player

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Fred Graham

Bill Sackheim

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Merv Griffin

Football Broadcaster (voice)

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Tom Hernández

Butler

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Robert Keys

Santa Clara Team Manager Joe

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Paul Kruger

Bailiff

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Ray Kyle

Student

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Mike Lally

Priest

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Frank Marlowe

Drunk in Bar with Dog

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Sydney Mason

Priest

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Frank McLure

Priest

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Larry Merrill

Jeffrey Marlowe

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Jack Mower

Domestic Court Staffer

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Barry Norton

Party Guest

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William H. O'Brien

Bartender Joe

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Jack Pepper

Irish Tenor / Pianist in Saloon

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Howard Petrie

Marvin Adams

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Angi O. Poulos

Saloon Waiter

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Vici Raaf

Beanie

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Bill Radovich

Moose McCall

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Olan Soule

Cardinal's Secretary

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Anitra Stevens

Bobo

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Arthur Tovey

Football Spectator

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Renata Vanni

Maria's Italian Mother

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Ralph Volkie

Referee

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Charles Watts

Mr. Wallace

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Guy Way

Football Player

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Jeri Weil

Young Carol

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Gayne Whitman

Lawyer Grummet

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James Dean

Football Spectator (uncredited)

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