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Item Number: XC 7823D

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DVD Features:

  • Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Region 1; USA & Canada
  • Released: June 19, 2007
  • Originally Released: 1942
  • Label: Turner Home Ent
  • Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
  • Audio:
    • Mono 1.0 English

Performers, Cast and Crew:

Starring Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Agnes Moorehead, Barton Maclane, Eugene Pallette, Sam Levene, Ray Collins, Marion Martin, William Orr, George Cleveland, Hans Conried & Vera Gordon
Directed by Irving Reis
Edited by William Hamilton
Screenwriting by Leonard Spigelgass
Composition by Roy Webb
Produced by Damon Runyon
Director of Photography Russell Metty

Product Description:

Runyon's Times Square world of con men and hustlers populate the background in this tragi-comic romance, produced by Runyon himself. Unusual roles for Fonda and Ball as an innocent busboy named Little Pinks and Gloria, a glamorous nightclub singer. Hard-as-nails and dollar-wise, Gloria spurns the smitten busboy, but when an accident confines her to a wheelchair, Gloria is forced to turn to Little Pinks for help.

Plot Synopsis:

This tragi-comic romance, based on a Damon Runyon story, takes place in a world of gangsters and Broadway glitz. An innocent busboy named Little Pinks falls for Gloria, a glamorous nightclub singer. Hard-as-nails and dollar-wise, Gloria arrogantly spurns the smitten young man. But when an accident confines her to a wheelchair for life, Gloria is forced to turn to Little Pinks for help. In the process she discovers the meaning of love.

Plot Keywords:

Crime | Gangs | Organized Crime | Romance

Production Notes:

  • The Turner videocassette is part of the "RKO Collection."

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Product Info:

  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 3,456
  • Item Number: XC 7823D
  • UPC: 053939782325
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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