I am trying to locate a copy of the 1945 movie " The Great John L."
(Sullivan) starring Greg McClure, Linda Darnell, Barbara Britton and
Rory Calhoun.  It was produce by Bing Crosby Productions.

Hi there,
I spent a good amount of time searching online and then calling up
classic video collectors, only to get a flood of "sorry, don't have
it".

However, as a last hope, I contacted a person who sells copies of
discontinued TV shows and classical movies that I found previously
while researching for another question.  As luck would have it, all
the time spent was not in vain; he does have a vhs copy of the movie,
in good quality, that was converted directly from a reel.

At this point, you can contact him directly to make arrangements.
His name is Alex Bleicher and his email address is:
alexbleicher@hotmail.com

Best of luck,
Tox-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by flan-ga on 19 Mar 2003 06:09 PST

Nancylynn-ga replied that a British collector had a copy. How would I
go about contacting that person?

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Clarification of Answer by tox-ga on 20 Mar 2003 15:34 PST

The link that Nancylynn-ga provided is not a list of a British
collector's movie collection; its simply part of a massive list of
directors and their movies.  I believe Nancylynn-ga misinterpretted
the page.

However, have you contacted Alex Bleicher about the tape?

Hello flan-ga: 

According to Blockbuster, the film isn't available as a rental or for
purchase:
http://www.blockbuster.com/bb/movie/details/0,7286,VID-V++++93770,00.html?

I have a few suggestions for you:

A British collector had it in stock as of 1994:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%22The+Great+John+L%22+trade+buy&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=dirlist-sept-part4%40natalie.ibmpcug.co.uk&rnum=3

You can also post a request for a trade at this popular tape trading
site:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=alt.video.tape-trading

You can also check Amazon's Auction and Zshops sites at
www.amazon.com, and www.half.com and www.ebay.com, from time to time
to see if there's a copy for sale. (I couldn't find a copy at any of
those sites today, but there's always a chance a copy will turn up.)

Sorry I didn't have any luck. I hope one of my fellow researchers has
more success locating a copy of this film for you.

Regards,
nancylynn-ga

Good luck finding your movie!

I saw it many years ago on the late show, while I was going to
university, and enjoyed it greatly.  Sullivan was such a legendary,
larger-than-life character, I'm surprised that he hasn't been the
subject of more films.

-Chromedome

Some other details from:

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0037750

Great John L., The (1945)     
   
Directed by
Frank Tuttle (I)

Writing credits 
James Edward Grant 

Genre: Drama

Credited cast:  
Greg McClure ....  John L. Sullivan 
Linda Darnell ....  Anne Livingstone 
Barbara Britton ....  Kathy Harkness 
Lee Sullivan (I) ....  Mickey 
Otto Kruger ....  Richard Martin 
Wallace Ford ....  McManus 
George Mathews ....  John Flood 
Robert Barrat ....  Billy Muldoon 
J.M. Kerrigan ....  Father O'Malley 
Joel Friedkin ....  Michael Sullivan 

Also Known As:
Man Called Sullivan, A (1945) (UK) 
Runtime: 96 min 
Country: USA 
Language: English 
Color: Black and White 
Sound Mix: Mono