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Release Date:
March 25, 1950
Original Title:
The Yellow Cab Man
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 85
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
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Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Eddie Imazu
Assistant Set Decoration:
F. Keogh Gleason
Director:
Jack Donohue
Director of Photography:
Harry Stradling Sr.
Editor:
Albert Akst
Hairstylist:
Sydney Guilaroff
Original Music Composer:
Scott Bradley
Producer:
Richard Goldstone
Recording Supervision:
Douglas Shearer
Screenplay:
Albert Beich
Devery Freeman
Script Supervisor:
Polly Craus
Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Special Effects:
A. Arnold Gillespie
Warren Newcombe
Story:
Devery Freeman
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