Gasoline Alley | |
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Directed by | Edward Bernds |
Written by | Edward Bernds |
Based on | Gasoline Alley by Frank O. King |
Produced by | Milton Feldman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Lester White |
Edited by | Aaron Stell |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Gasoline Alley is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon and Susan Morrow. It is based on the comic strip of the same name by Frank King. It was followed the same year by a sequel, Corky of Gasoline Alley.
Plot
Corky and Skeezix are half-brothers who find themselves in the restaurant business until complications and some family conflicts arise.
Cast
- Scotty Beckett as Corky
- Jimmy Lydon as Skeezix
- Susan Morrow as Hope
- Don Beddoe as Walt Wallet
- Patti Brady as Judy
- Madelon Baker as Phyllis / Auntie Blossom
- Dick Wessel as Pudge
- Gus Schilling as Joe Allen
- Kay Christopher as Nina
- Byron Foulger as Charles D. Haven
- Virginia Toland as Carol Rice
- Jimmy Lloyd as Harry Dorsey
- William Forrest as Hacker
- Ralph Peters as Reddick
- Charles Halton as Pettit
- Charles Williams as Mortie
- Christine McIntyre as Myrtle
References
- Dick p.260
- Blottner, Gene (2011). "Gasoline Alley". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
Bibliography
- Bernard F. Dick. Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
External links
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- 1951 films
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- American comedy films
- Films directed by Edward Bernds
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