Man Alive (1945 film)


Man Alive is a 1945 romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, Ellen Drew and Rudy Vallée.

Plot

Successful businessman Michael O'Flaherty "Speed" McBride 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, a member of the crew, talks him into postponing that revelation. Speed has revealed that he is having marital problems with his wife Connie. Kismet convinces him to pretend to be a ghost to persuade Connie to get rid of a romantic rival, Gordon Tolliver, Connie's old admirer. Comic hijinks ensue, but in the end, Connie realizes she still loves Speed.

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