Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)

6.9/10 90 min Comedy Music

Overview

A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?

Cast

Mitzi Gaynor

Emily Ann Stackerlee

Scott Brady

Robert 'Numbers' Foster

Mitzi Green

'52nd Tessie' Sammis

Marguerite Chapman

Yvonne Dugan

Michael O'Shea

Inspector McNamara

Wally Vernon

Harry 'Poorly' Sammis

Henry Slate

Dave the Dude

George E. Stone

Ropes McGonigle

Richard Allan

Curtaintime Charlie

Edwin Max

Lookout Louie Larchment

Charles Bronson

Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)

Timothy Carey

Crockett Pace (uncredited)

Henry Corden

Selly Bennett (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Mary Wickes

Lady at Laundry (uncredited)

Sharon Baird

Little Elida (uncredited)

David Bauer

Counsel (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Bookie on Phone (uncredited)

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