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The Good Humor Man (1950 film)

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Director
  
Lloyd Bacon

Music director
  
Heinz Eric Roemheld

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Screenplay
  
Frank Tashlin

Country
  
United States

The Good Humor Man (1950 film) movie poster
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.

Cast

  • Jack Carson as Biff Jones
  • Lola Albright as Margie Bellew
  • Jean Wallace as Bonnie Conroy
  • George Reeves as Stuart Nagle
  • Peter Miles as Johnny Bellew
  • Frank Ferguson as Inspector Quint
  • David Sharpe as Slick
  • Chick Collins as Fats
  • Eddie Parker as John
  • Pat Flaherty as Officer Rhodes
  • Richard Egan as Officer Daley
  • Arthur Space as Steven
  • Victoria Horne as Bride
  • Jack Overman as Shirtless Stoker

    • 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."

    References

    The Good Humor Man (1950 film) Wikipedia
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    The Good Humor Man (1950 film) IMDb The Good Humor Man (1950 film) themoviedb.org