Top Man (film)

{{short description|1943 film by Charles Lamont}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Top Man

| image = Top Man FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption =

| director = Charles Lamont

| producer = Milton Schwarzwald

| writer = Ken Goldsmith
Zachary Gold

| starring = Donald O'Connor

| music = Frank Skinner

| cinematography = Hal Mohr

| editing =

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1943|9|17}}

| runtime = 74 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

|gross = $1 million (US rentals)[https://archive.org/stream/variety153-1944-01#page/n51/mode/2up "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54] {{dead link|date=August 2023}}

}}

Top Man (also known as Man of the Family) is a 1943 American black-and-white musical comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster, Lillian Gish, Richard Dix, and Peggy Ryan.{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/114128/Top-Man/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104063840/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/114128/Top-Man/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-04 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Top Man |accessdate=2011-02-25}} It was O'Connor and Ryan's first film away from the third of their trio, Gloria Jean.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}