Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film)

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Harmon Jones
Produced by	George Jessel
Written by	Sy Gomberg Albert Mannheimer
Based on	Bloodhounds of Broadway 1931 story in Collier's by Damon Runyon
Starring	Mitzi Gaynor Scott Brady Mitzi Green Marguerite Chapman Michael O'Shea
Music by	Lionel Newman
Cinematography	Edward Cronjager
Edited by	George A. Gittens
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	November 14, 1952 (1952-11-14)
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 based on a Damon Runyon story. It starred Mitzi Gaynor, who was then still a young starlet, along with Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon and George E. Stone. It was directed by Harmon Jones.

Bloodhounds of Broadway was remade in 1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway, this time as a PBS American Playhouse special (subsequently given theatrical release) starring Matt Dillon and Madonna.^[2]

Plot summary

Stackerlee (Mitzi Gaynor) is a country girl who longs to be in show business. A New York bookmaker Foster (Scott Brady) 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
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
Scott Brady as Robert 'Numbers' Foster.

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 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 Wolfe as Counsel

References

↑ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/bloodhounds-of-broadway-v85478

External links

Bloodhounds of Broadway at the Internet Movie Database
Bloodhounds of Broadway at AllMovie
Bloodhounds of Broadway at the TCM Movie Database
Bloodhounds of Broadway at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by Harmon Jones

As Young as You Feel (1951)
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
The Kid from Left Field (1953)
City of Bad Men (1953)
The Silver Whip (1953)
Gorilla at Large (1954)
Princess of the Nile (1954)
Target Zero (1955)
A Day of Fury (1956)
Canyon River (1956)
Bullwhip (1958)
The Beast of Budapest (1958)
Wolf Larsen (1958)
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)

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