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Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (1948)

Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven poster
Original title
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Directed by
William Castle
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reporter from Texas travels to New York to become a playwright. On the way he meets a hitchhiker who wants to live with horses in Brooklyn. They meet eccentric people there before deciding to return to Texas and start a horse ranch together.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbreezyquirkyfeel-goodmildly absurd

What happens

Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven is a 1948 American black-and-white romantic comedy film directed by William Castle and starring Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, and Florence Bates. A reporter in Dallas, Texas goes to New York with the dream of becoming a playwright. En route, he picks up a hitchhiker who wants to visit Brooklyn and live with horses. The two encounter a variety of zany characters living in Brooklyn before returning to Texas together to live on a horse ranch. The script was based on the best-selling 1943 novel Eddie and The Archangel Mike by Barry Benefield. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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