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The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)

The McGuerins from Brooklyn poster
Directed by
Kurt Neumann
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
45 min
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends from Brooklyn get into comic situations. The film follows their mishaps and adventures as taxi drivers.

lightheartedwhimsicaleasygoingplayfuldatedslapstickcomfortable

What happens

The McGuerins from Brooklyn is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Kurt Neumann and written by Earle Snell and Clarence Marks. The film stars William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Arline Judge, Max Baer, Marjorie Woodworth, Joe Sawyer, Marion Martin and Rex Evans. The film was released on December 31, 1942, by United Artists. This was the second of the so-called Taxi Comedies series, which featured Bendix, Sawyer, and Bradley playing the same characters. The first film was Brooklyn Orchid and the last film was Taxi, Mister. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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