Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film)

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Bloodhounds of Broadway
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Harmon Jones
Written by Sy Gomberg
Albert Mannheimer
Based onBloodhounds of Broadway
1931 story in Collier's
by Damon Runyon
Produced by George Jessel
Starring Mitzi Gaynor
Scott Brady
Mitzi Green
Marguerite Chapman
Michael O'Shea
Cinematography Edward Cronjager
Edited by George A. Gittens
Music by Lionel Newman
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 14, 1952 (1952-11-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US rentals) [1]
Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor in Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) trailer.jpg
Mitzi Gaynor

Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1952 Technicolor musical film directed by Harmon Jones and based on a Damon Runyon story. It stars Mitzi Gaynor along with Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon, and George E. Stone. Charles Bronson appears, uncredited, as Charles Buchinski.

Contents

A film based on multiple Runyon stories, including "Bloodhounds of Broadway," was released in 1989, this time as a PBS American Playhouse special (subsequently given theatrical release) starring Matt Dillon and Madonna. [2]

Plot

Stackerlee is a country girl who longs to be in show business. A New York City bookmaker Foster is hiding out in Georgia and meets her and the inevitable happens – he goes straight and she gets her wish.

Cast

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References

  1. 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. "Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) - Harmon Jones | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".