The Barefoot Mailman
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Director Earl McEvoy Music director George Duning Duration Language English | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Comedy Story by Theodore Pratt Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 1951 (1951-12) Writer Theodore Pratt (novel), James Gunn, Francis Swann Cast Robert Cummings (Sylvanus Hurley), Terry Moore (Adie Titus), John Russell (Theron)Similar movies Focus , Mo' Money , Happy New Year , Ocean's Eleven , Criminal , The Stick Up Tagline Meet Sylvanus! Con man... Gun man... Ladies man! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Barefoot Mailman is a comedy-adventure film starring Robert Cummings and distributed by Columbia Pictures in 1951. The film was based on the 1943 novel The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt. Filmed in Super Cinecolor on location in Florida where the events take place, it features many elements of the Western.
Plot
Set in 1895, Robert Cummings plays a con man, Sylvanus Hurley, who is trying to raise the selling price of land he owns by convincing the residents of Miami that a railroad is coming to town. Jerome Courtland plays the barefoot mailman, Steven Pierton, who leads Sylvanus along the beach from Palm Beach to Miami, and who is skeptical of Sylvanus's scheme. Terry Moore is a run-away teenager, Adie Titus, who joins Sylvanus and Steven on their walk by impersonating a child. John Russell plays Theron, a swamp gang leader who tries to carry Adie away. Will Geer plays Dan Paget, a newspaper editor and the mayor of Miami.
References
The Barefoot Mailman WikipediaThe Barefoot Mailman IMDb The Barefoot Mailman themoviedb.org