Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.

Cast

Gail Russell

as Cornelia Otis Skinner

Diana Lynn

as Emily Kimbrough

Brian Donlevy

as Tony Minnetti

Billy De Wolfe

as Roland du Frere

James Brown

as Avery Moore

Bill Edwards

as Tom Newhall

William Demarest

as Peanuts Schultz

Sharon Douglas

as Suzanne Carter

Mary Hatcher

as Dibs Downing

Sara Haden

as Miss Dill

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