The Yellow Cab Man
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Director Jack Donohue Music director Scott Bradley Duration Country United States | 6.6/10 Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance Cinematography Harry Stradling Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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.

The yellow cab man original theatrical trailer
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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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