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Van Johnson Rocks
An age old theme is explored here with surprising candor for a 1950's flick. In my book, this is one of those lawyer movies that every lawyer should see, along with that Al Pacino movie, And Justice For All. Van Johnson, who is so under-rated and oft forgotten, plays an honor student at a law school. He has a job as a clerk at a giant man-eating law firm, when ( as a bit of a sub-plot) one of the partner's daughter's, played by the ever-beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, decides he's the man for her, bashfulness and all. Van has two main problems, the first is a freaky allergic reaction to booze and the other is an ethical/moral dilemma. What impressed me the most as an Asian American and a dreaded attorney -- is this movie's portrayal of an Asian person. (And let me just say for the record, that while "things" are labeled oriental, people are not, people are referred to as Asian, thank you very much.) No thick round glasses and buckteeth-- ala Mickey Rooney as the most wretched and hideous (okay and kinda funny, I'll admit, while cringing) stereotypical white-guy-playing-Asian-guy . . . see Breakfast at Tiffany's! For the 1950's, this film is years ahead of it's time. A happy ending is manadatory for a film of this decade, but the inner workings of a big law office are contemporary and recognizable. You even get to hear an attorney start to espouse on the Commerce Clause! Who could ask for anything more? Not I!