They Met in a Taxi

They Met in a Taxi
Directed by	Alfred E. Green
Written by	Octavus Roy Cohen Howard J. Green
Produced by	Howard J. Green
Starring	Chester Morris Fay Wray Raymond Walburn
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Edited by	Gene Milford
Music by	Morris Stoloff
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 9, 1936 (1936-09-09)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

They Met in a Taxi is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Chester Morris, Fay Wray and Raymond Walburn. ^[1] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Taxicab driver Jimmy Donlin (Chester Morris) is hailed by Mary Trenton (Fay Wray), a fashion-store model who is falsely accused of stealing a string of valuable beads while modeling a wedding gown for a socialite bride-to-be. With the aid of his friends Roger Clifton (Raymond Walburn) and pickpocket "Fingers" Garrison (Lionel Stander), he sets out to prove Mary's innocence.

Cast

• Chester Morris as Jimmy Donlin
• Fay Wray as Mary Trenton
• Raymond Walburn as Mr. Roger Clifton
• Lionel Stander as Fingers Garrison
• Henry Mollison as Mr. Arnold Stewart
• Kenneth Harlan as Mr. Andrews
• Sam Ash as Elevator Man
• Ward Bond as Policeman
• Al Bridge as Detective
• Mary Lou Dix as Bit Role
• James Flavin as Policeman
• Sam Harris as Passerby
• Edward LeSaint as Justice of the Peace
• Frank Melton as Specks Callahan
• Martha Merrill as Edna Fletcher
• C.L. Sherwood as Coffee John
• Rafael Storm as Count Petoski

References

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich p.142

Bibliography

• Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. The Films of Fay Wray. McFarland, 2005.

External links

• They Met in a Taxi at IMDb