The Yellow Cab Man | |
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Directed by | Jack Donohue |
Produced by | Richard Goldstone |
Written by |
Albert Beich Devery Freeman (screenplay and story) |
Starring |
Red Skelton Gloria DeHaven Edward Arnold |
Music by | Scott Bradley |
Cinematography | Harry Stradling |
Edited by | Albert Akst |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time
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85 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,195,000 |
Box office | $2,599,000 |
The Yellow Cab Man is a 1950 comedy film directed by Jack Donohue starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Arnold. The inventor of unbreakable glass ("Elastiglass") tries to sell it to a taxicab company, hoping that they will make unbreakable windshields.
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.
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.