Man Alive is a 1945 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew and Rudy Vallée.
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Plot
The successful businessman Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride (Pat O'Brien) is knocked out when a tramp he picked up drives his car into a river. Speed is rescued by a passing showboat. Meanwhile, the dead tramp is mistaken for Speed. Speed is eager to clear up the misidentification, but Kismet (Adolphe Menjou), a member of the crew, talks him into postponing that revelation. Speed has revealed that he is having marital problems with his wife Connie (Ellen Drew). Kismet convinces him to pretend to be a ghost to persuade Connie to get rid of a romantic rival, Gordon Tolliver (Rudy Vallée), Connie's old admirer. Comic hijinks ensue, but in the end, Connie realizes she still loves Speed.
Cast
Pat O'Brien as Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride
Adolphe Menjou as Kismet
Ellen Drew as Connie McBride
Rudy Vallée as Gordon Tolliver
Fortunio Bonanova as Prof. Zorado
Joseph Crehan as Dr. James P. Whitney
Jonathan Hale as Osborne
Minna Gombell as Aunt Sophie
Jason Robards, Sr. as Henry Fletcher (as Jason Robards)
Jack Norton as Willie the Wino
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer as Ignatius