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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa
Virginia Grey
Lorraine Royle
Michael Duane
Johnny Evans
Susan Reed
Jennie Higgins
Jimmy Lloyd
Buddy Butterfield
Jack Leonard
Ray Royle
Pierre Watkin
T.J. Hopkins
Eugene Borden
Luigi Tamarini
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Arthur Dreifuss
- Writers
- M. Coates Webster, Lee Gold
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Arthur Dreifuss directs. Ira H. Morgan behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 278 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Arthur Dreifuss, shot by Ira H. Morgan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Gene Krupa and Virginia Grey and Michael Duane carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0040392 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Ira H. Morgan
- Runtime
- 68 min · 1h 8m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Arthur Dreifuss
Production companies
Who made it
Columbia Pictures
US
Key crew
- MusicLyle 'Spud' Murphy
- SongsJule Styne
- ProducerSam Katzman
- MusicMischa Bakaleinikoff
- MusicPaul J. Smith
- LyricistSammy Cahn
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1948-01-16
