Alexander Knox
Judge Thomas Bailey aka Tom Brown
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The Judge Steps Out: Directed by Boris Ingster. With Alexander Knox, Ann Sothern, George Tobias, Sharyn Moffett. A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Boris Ingster
- 1949-06-11
The Judge Steps Out is a 1948 American comedy film directed by Boris Ingster and written by Ingster and Alexander Knox. The film stars Knox and Ann Sothern, along with George Tobias, Sharyn Moffett, Florence Bates, Frieda Inescort and Myrna Dell.
- Michael Kraike
- Leigh Harline
In this film, he took a lighter approach as a Boston judge facing a mid-life crisis. Fed up with his snooty wife and daughter (Frieda Inescort and a young Martha Hyer), he takes off to find himself. When his telegraph home never arrives, he's declared missing and decides to go even further afield.
- Boris Ingster, Harry D'arcy
- Alexander Knox
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner. He also gets involved in helping her adopt an orphan.
The Judge Steps Out. A middle-aged Boston judge (Alexander Knox) leaves his family, goes west and cooks in a woman's (Ann Sothern) roadside diner.
- Comedy
- Alexander Knox
- Boris Ingster
- RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. He gets a job as a short-order cook at a roadside diner and soon finds romance with the pretty owner. He also gets involved in helping her adopt an orphan.
"The Judge Steps Out" shows a mid-life crisis decades before the term was popular. Alexander Knox's judge is transformed from uptight Bostonian to thoughtful seeker of something better than social standing, a man who loves Ann Sothern and their new life together--without marriage!
