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6.9Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
Released: 1950-03-2585 minDir: Jack DonohueComedy, Drama, Romance
Cast
- Red Skelton as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
- Gloria DeHaven as Ellen Goodrich
- Walter Slezak as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
- Edward Arnold as Martin Creavy
- James Gleason as Mickey Corkins
- Jay C. Flippen as Hugo
Themes
- taxi
- taxi driver
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
553 votes
- Year
- 1950
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jack Donohue
- Cast member
- Herbert Anderson
- Composer
- Scott Bradley
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Duration
- 85
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1950-01-01
- title
- The Yellow Cab Man
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- color
- black-and-white
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