Corky of Gasoline Alley

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Corky of Gasoline Alley
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Directed by Edward Bernds
Written byEdward Bernds
Based on Gasoline Alley
by Frank O. King
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Edited by Jerome Thoms
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 1951 (1951-09-17)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Corky of Gasoline Alley is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon, and Susan Morrow. [1] It is based on the comic strip Gasoline Alley by Frank King, and is the sequel to the previous film Gasoline Alley . [2]

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Plot

Elwood Martin (Gordon Jones), a brash extrovert with an aversion to work, come to live with Walt Wallet (Don Beddoe) and his wife, Phyllis (Madelon Baker). He blunders about their house, and the diner owned by Corky Wallet (Scotty Beckett) and the fix-it shop belonging to Skeezix Wallet (Jimmy Lydon), creating havoc at every stop. Corky and his kid sister, Judy Wallet (Patti Brady) decide the only way to save the Wallet family from bankruptcy and insanity is to persuade the free-loading Elwood to move on. The latter then fakes an injured back.

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References

  1. Dick p. 260
  2. Blottner, Gene (2011). "Gasoline Alley". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN   9780786486724.

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