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The Yellow Cab Man

6.3 85 mins Comedy   Drama   Romance   1950
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Jack Donohue

Release Date: 25 Sat, Mar 1950

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.

Casts of The Yellow Cab Man

Red Skelton

as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy

Gloria DeHaven

as Ellen Goodrich

Walter Slezak

as Dr. Byron Dokstedder

Edward Arnold

as Martin Creavy

James Gleason

as Mickey Corkins

Jay C. Flippen

as Hugo

Paul Harvey

as Pearson Hendricks

Herbert Anderson

as Willis Tomlin

John Butler

as Gimpy

John Indrisano

as Danny

Polly Moran

as Bride's Mother

Mae Clarke

as Casualty Company Secretary (uncredited)

Charles Lane

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

May McAvoy

as (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Johnny Weissmüller

as Tarzan (archive sound) (uncredited)

Jody Gilbert

as Cecil's Mother (uncredited)

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