The Yellow Cab Man
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Infobox film/short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". The Yellow Cab Man is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Jack Donohue and starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Arnold. 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.
Plot
The inventor of unbreakable glass ("Elastiglass") tries to sell it to a taxicab company, hoping that they will make unbreakable windshields.
Cast
- 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
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.[1][2]
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- 1950 films
- 1950 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Yellow Cab Company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Films directed by Jack Donohue
- Films scored by Scott Bradley
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- English-language comedy films