Taxi, Mister

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Taxi, Mister
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Directed by Kurt Neumann
Screenplay by Earle Snell
Clarence Marks
Produced by Fred Guiol
Hal Roach
Starring William Bendix
Grace Bradley
Joe Sawyer
Sheldon Leonard
Joe Devlin
Jack Norton
Frank Faylen
Mike Mazurki
Sig Arno
Clyde Fillmore
Jimmy Conlin
Lew Kelly
Iris Adrian
CinematographyRobert Pittack
Edited by Richard C. Currier
Music by Edward Ward
Production
company
Distributed by United Artists
Release date
  • April 16, 1943 (1943-04-16)
Running time
46 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Taxi, Mister is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Earle Snell and Clarence Marks. The film stars William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Joe Sawyer, Sheldon Leonard, Joe Devlin, Jack Norton, Frank Faylen, Mike Mazurki, Sig Arno, Clyde Fillmore, Jimmy Conlin, Lew Kelly and Iris Adrian. The film was released on April 16, 1943, by United Artists. [1] [2]

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This was the third and last of the so-called Taxi Comedies series, which featured Bendix, Sawyer, and Bradley playing the same characters. The first two films were Brooklyn Orchid and The McGuerins from Brooklyn .

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References

  1. "Taxi, Mister (1943) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. "Taxi, Mister" . Retrieved 10 October 2014.