Paradise Alley (1962)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Hugo Haas

Writer:

Hugo Haas (writer)

Release Date:

June 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

As studio financing dwindled away for Hugo Haas, his last film as a writer-director-producer has certain autobiographical elements...

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Hugo Haas	...	Mr. Agnus
Don Sullivan	...	Steve Nicholson
Carol Morris	...	Susie Wilson (as Carol Morris--Miss Universe)
Marie Windsor	...	Linda Belita
Corinne Griffith	...	Mrs. Wilson
Billy Gilbert	...	Julius Wilson
Chester Conklin	...	Mr. Gregory
Margaret Hamilton	...	Mrs. Nicholson
Pat Goldin	...	Patrick
William Forrest	...	Norman Holmes
William Schallert	...	Jack Williams
Tom Fadden	...	Mr. Nicholson
Jan Englund	...	Miss Stanley
Jesslyn Fax	...	Mrs. Holman
Jane Betts

Also Known As:

Stars in the Back Yard

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Hugo Haas Productions

Pleasant viewing, and worth watching for great talent

A social commentary on people being neighborly. Hugo Haas is a former director who notices how people in his neighborhood are mean to one another. He proposes to shoot a movie (fake, of course), and the whole neighborhood comes together to be discovered. Billy Gilbert and Margaret Hamilton have wonderful scenes together, and Marie Windsor is a hoot as a would be glamour girl. William Schallert has a prominent role towards the end of the film. If you like this movie, then by all means watch "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?".