The Miracle of “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek”

How did this movie get released in 1944? Just be glad it did.

John I. Carney
4 min readJan 13

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Scene from “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek,” with the police chief’s two daughters tying him up. Diana Lynn, William Demarest, Betty Hutton.
Diana Lynn, William Demarest and Betty Hutton in “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek”

When I wrote my recent classic-era movie guide, I thought about including “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek,” but at that point I already had two other movies directed by Preston Sturges (“The Lady Eve” and “Sullivan’s Travels”), and thought I probably didn’t need to try to shoehorn in…

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John I. Carney

Author of “Dislike: Faith and Dialogue in the Age of Social Media,” available at http://www.lakeneuron.com/dislike