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Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

Red, Hot and Blue poster
Directed by
John Farrow
Genre
comedy film, musical film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 24m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An actress gets tangled up with gangsters and a murder. She sings and dances through the chaos.

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What happens

Red, Hot and Blue is a 1949 American musical comedy film directed by John Farrow and starring Betty Hutton, Victor Mature, William Demarest and June Havoc. It was released by Paramount Pictures. Hutton plays an actress who gets mixed up with gangsters and murder. Frank Loesser wrote the songs and plays a key role. The film has no connection to Cole Porter's play of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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