Duffy's Tavern (1945)

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

Director:

Hal Walker

Writers:

Melvin Frank (screenplay), Norman Panama (screenplay)

Stars:

Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ed Gardner	...	Archie
Bing Crosby	...	Bing Crosby
Betty Hutton	...	Betty Hutton
Paulette Goddard	...	Paulette Goddard
Alan Ladd	...	Alan Ladd
Dorothy Lamour	...	Dorothy Lamour
Eddie Bracken	...	Eddie Bracken
Brian Donlevy	...	Brian Donlevy
Sonny Tufts	...	Sonny Tufts
Veronica Lake	...	Veronica Lake
Arturo de Córdova	...	Arturo de Cordova
Barry Fitzgerald	...	Bing Crosby's Father
Cass Daley	...	Cass Daley
Diana Lynn	...	Diana Lynn
Victor Moore	...	Michael O'Malley

Storyline

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

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Plot Keywords:

based on radio series | bar | tavern | character name in title | 

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Taglines:

Radio Riot Show Screened by Paramount

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Genres:

Comedy | Musical

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 September 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Taverna de Duffy

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

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Quotes

Tough Guy: C'mon finish your drink and let's get out of here.
Veronica Lake: No!
Tough Guy: [he slaps her] I said finish your drink and let's get out of here.
Veronica Lake: I said no.
[he slaps her again]
Alan Ladd: [comes over to their table] Did I see you slap that young lady?
Veronica Lake: Yes you did, and I'm not going home
[Tough Guy slaps her again]
Alan Ladd: [stubbing out his cigarette] Let me see you do that again.
[Tough Guy slaps]
[...]

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Connections

Spoofed in Hush My Mouse (1946)

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Soundtracks

Swinging on a Star
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Johnny Burke
Performed by Bing Crosby, Sonny Tufts, Arturo de Córdova, Cass Daley, Jean Heather, Helen Walker, Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Billy De Wolfe, Betty Hutton, Howard Da Silva and Dorothy Lamour

User Reviews

A classic radio series comes to Hollywood

The previous two reviewers do a very good job of detailing this film. It has greater historical value now than entertainment value because the type of humor --- radio and vaudeville--- are long gone and the stars like Ladd and Hutton and Lake and Crosby don't mean that much now. Leonard Maltin labeled it a Bomb. It's no masterpiece, but that's a gross injustice. Wonder which intern came up with that? Leonard needs to look at it himself. My guess is that it appealed to older viewers even at the time of its release 1945, the end of WWII. And it has a certain ethnic charm as well that will puzzle today's audiences. But a bomb? We are producing more bombs per season now than we were in 1945 with far less historic value. I shutter to think what Maltin's intern of 2075 will have to say about The Lone Ranger and Hangover 3. Worth a peek if you like old movies.