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Overview

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6.6/10   85 votes
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Director:
Henry Koster
Writers:
Charles Lederer (screenplay)
Charles Lederer (story)
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Release Date:
24 May 1950 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Musical more
Plot:
Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
A scam is a scam is a scam...... more (3 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Betty Grable ... Ruby Summers

Victor Mature ... Andy Clark
Phil Harris ... Mike Stanley
Reginald Gardiner ... English Eddie
James Barton ... Harrigan
Barry Kelley ... Bouncer
Margaret Hamilton ... Tillie Hutch
Jacqueline Dalya ... Cleo
Robin Raymond ... Jennie
Hal K. Dawson ... Healy
Dorothy Neumann ... Reformer
Alexander Pope ... Charlie Saxe
Henry Kulky ... Joe Barton
Marie Bryant ... Elsa
Collette Lyons ... Beulah
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | West Germany:16 (nf) | Sweden:15
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
By declining to play Ruby Summers, Alice Faye passed up appearing on screen with her husband and then-radio co-star, Phil Harris. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: Ruby sings and dances "The Shimmy" (composed in 1917) before attending the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. more
Quotes:
Ruby Summers: Did you tell him?
Andy Clark: Uh huh.
Ruby Summers: How did he take it?
Andy Clark: Straight out of the bottle.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Biography: Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-up" (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Sobre las olas (Over the Waves) more

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User Comments

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A scam is a scam is a scam......, 8 March 2001
10/10
Author: Harold (Hal) Westcott from Washington State, USA

Lots of action in this Betty Grable film with a fine supporting cast.

Victor Mature is great with his escapades of being successful at starting trouble amongst Betty and Phil Harris. Phil Harris's character is pretty good in this department at playing games as well.

The musical numbers are divine and the choreography is very good.

The cinematography is brilliant with all the vivid colors. Very entertaining for a remake of Grable's "Coney Island." Nice to know that both films, made only seven years apart, were box office hits.

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