| Bloodhounds of Broadway | |
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| Directed by | Harmon Jones |
| Written by | Sy Gomberg Albert Mannheimer |
| Based on | Bloodhounds 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 |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million (US rentals) [1] |
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.
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]
This article's plot summary needs to be improved.(December 2015) |
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.