Two in a Taxi

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Two in a Taxi
Directed by Robert Florey
Produced by Irving Briskin
Cinematography George Meehan
Edited by Viola Lawrence
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
10 July 1941
Running time
63 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Two in a Taxi is a 1941 American film directed by Robert Florey. Writer Marvin Wald was inspired by seeing a production of Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty to write this drama of cab drivers and their economic struggles. [1]

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References

  1. "Two in a taxi". Turner Classic Movies. 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.