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The Yellow Cab Man

RIDE AND ROAR WITH RED SKELTON

1950★ 6.9 · 71h 25mComedyDramaRomance

Overview

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.

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Cast

Jay C. Flippen
as Hugo

James Gleason
as Mickey Corkins

Mae Clarke
as Casualty Company Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Lane
as L.A. Casualty Co. Executive (uncredited)

Edward Arnold
as Martin Creavy

Walter Slezak
as Dr. Byron Dokstedder

Herbert Anderson
as Willis Tomlin

Paul Harvey
as Pearson Hendricks

Dewey Robinson
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Johnny Weissmüller
as Tarzan (archive sound) (uncredited)

May McAvoy
as (uncredited)

Polly Moran
as Bride's Mother

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Release date: 1950-03-25

Runtime: 1h 25m

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ComedyDramaRomance

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