| Bloodhounds of Broadway | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Harmon Jones |
| Written by | Sy Gomberg Albert Mannheimer |
| Based on | Bloodhounds of Broadway 1931 story in Collier's by Damon Runyon |
| Produced by | George Jessel |
| Starring | Mitzi Gaynor Scott Brady Mitzi Green Marguerite Chapman Michael O'Shea |
| Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
| Edited by | George A. Gittens |
| Music by | Lionel Newman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (US rentals)[1] |
Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1952 Technicolor musical film directed by Harmon Jones and based on a Damon Runyon story. It stars Mitzi Gaynor along with Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon, and George E. Stone. Charles Bronson appears, uncredited, as Charles Buchinski.
A film based on multiple Runyon stories, including "Bloodhounds of Broadway," was released in 1989, this time as a PBS American Playhouse special (subsequently given theatrical release) starring Matt Dillon and Madonna.[2]
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Transcription
Plot
Stackerlee is a country girl who longs to be in show business. A New York City bookmaker Foster is hiding out in Georgia and meets her and the inevitable happens – he goes straight and she gets her wish.
Cast
Main
- Mitzi Gaynor as Emily Ann Stackerlee
- Scott Brady as Robert 'Numbers' Foster
- Mitzi Green as '52nd Tessie' Sammis
- Marguerite Chapman as Yvonne Dugan
- Michael O'Shea as Inspector McNamara
- Wally Vernon as Harry 'Poorly' Sammis
- George E. Stone as Ropes McGonigle
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Supporting
- Henry Slate as Dave the Dude
- Edwin Max as Lookout Louie Larchment
- Richard Allan as Curtaintime Charlie
Uncredited
- Sharon Baird as Little Elida
- Herman Boden as Dancer
- Charles Bronson (when he was still using his real name: Buchinski) as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo'
- Timothy Carey as Crockett Pace
- Henry Corden as Selly Bennett
- Van Des Autels as Upstate senator
- Bess Flowers as Nightclub Extra
- A. Cameron Grant as Man on Exercise Horse in Gym
- Al Green as Nightclub Drunk
- Al Hill as Bookie
- Bee Humphries as Apple Annie
- Kenner G. Kemp as Dance Extra
- Robert Long as Presiding senator
- Dayton Lummis as Chairman
- Gregg Martell as Detective Sgt. Kelly
- Edward McNally as Bit
- Joe McTurk as Process server
- Emile Meyer as Skipper
- Harold Miller as Nightclub Extra
- Alfred Mizner as Foy Pace
- Mabel Paige as Madame Moana
- Charles Tannen as Bookie on phone
- Phil Tully as Detective Lt. Moran
- Ralph Volkie as Frankie Ferraccio
- Bill Walker as Uncle Old Fella
- Paul Wexler as Theopolis Pace
- Mary Wickes as Lady at Laundry
- David Bauer as Counsel
References
- ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ^ "Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) - Harmon Jones | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
External links
- Bloodhounds of Broadway at IMDb
- Bloodhounds of Broadway at AllMovie
- Bloodhounds of Broadway at the TCM Movie Database
- Bloodhounds of Broadway at the American Film Institute Catalog
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