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Director  Jack Donohue
Music director  Scott Bradley
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Country  United States
6.6/10 IMDb

Genre  Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cinematography  Harry Stradling
Language  English
The Yellow Cab Man movie poster

Writer  Albert Beich, Devery Freeman
Release date  April 7, 1950 (1950-04-07)
Cast  Red Skelton (Augustus 'Red' Pirdy), Gloria DeHaven (Ellen Goodrich), Walter Slezak (Dr. Byron Dokstedder), Edward Arnold (Martin Creavy), James Gleason (Mickey Corkins), Jay C. Flippen (Hugo)
Similar movies  Night on Earth, Taxi, Collateral, Airplane!, Date Night, Cosmopolis
Tagline  RIDE AND ROAR WITH RED SKELTON

The Yellow Cab Man is a 1950 comedy film directed by Jack Donohue starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Arnold. The inventor of unbreakable glass ("Elastiglass") tries to sell it to a taxicab company, hoping that they will make unbreakable windshields.

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The Yellow Cab Man movie scenes

A brief sequence of distorted visual effects in the film is the work of the photographer Weegee, who also makes a cameo appearance as a cab driver.

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The yellow cab man original theatrical trailer


Cast

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  • Red Skelton as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
  • Gloria DeHaven as Ellen Goodrich (as Gloria De Haven)
  • Edward Arnold as Martin Creavy
  • Walter Slezak as Dr. Byron Dokstedder
  • James Gleason as Mickey Corkins
  • Jay C. Flippen as Hugo
  • Paul Harvey as Pearson Hendricks
  • Herbert Anderson as Willis Tomlin (as Guy Anderson)
  • John Butler as Gimpy
  • John Indrisano as Danny
  • Polly Moran as Bride's mother

    • Reception

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    According to MGM the film earned $1,951,000 in the US and Canada and $648,000 elsewhere, leading to a profit of $545,000.


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    References

    The Yellow Cab Man Wikipedia
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    The Yellow Cab Man IMDb The Yellow Cab Man themoviedb.org