The Good Humor Man (1950 film)
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Director Lloyd Bacon Music director Heinz Eric Roemheld Duration Language English | 6.8/10 Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime Screenplay Frank Tashlin Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date June 1, 1950 (1950-06-01) Based on story "Appointment with Fear"
by Roy Huggins Writer Roy Huggins (from "The Saturday Evening Post" story "Appointment With Fear"), Frank Tashlin (screenplay) Cast Jack Carson (Biff Jones), George Reeves (Stuart Nagle), Lola Albright (Margie Bellew), Jean Wallace (Bonnie Conroy), Peter Miles (Johnny Bellew), Frank Ferguson (Insp. Quint)Similar movies Related Lloyd Bacon movies Tagline Following in the fun-packed footsteps of The Fuller Brush Man! |
Biff Jones (Jack Carson) is the Good Humor Man. Not only does he love his job, but he loves his girlfriend, Margie (Lola Albright), just as much. But when Biff gets involved with Bonnie (Jean Wallace), a mysterious woman on the run from a gang of hoodlums, his life takes a dramatic turn for the worse. Things fall apart with Margie, Bonnie ends up missing, and Biff is wrongfully accused of a murder and robbery when his Good Humor truck is spotted at the scene of a crime.
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The Good Humor Man is a 1950 comedy crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin. The film revolves around a Good Humor ice cream salesman who becomes involved in a murder. The film stars Jack Carson, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace, George Reeves, Peter Miles and Frank Ferguson. The film was released on June 1, 1950, by Columbia Pictures.
The efforts of a good-hearted driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company to help a young woman turn him into a murder suspect.
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Reception
The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing "it does nothing to enhance the reputations of either the movies or a national confectioners brand."
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