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The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

The Yellow Cab Man poster
Directed by
Jack Donohue
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A clumsy taxi driver gets into a series of comedic mishaps involving a valuable invention. His bumbling antics create chaos in the lives of those around him.

light-heartedslapstickzanyplayfulwhimsicalbreezygoofyfast-paced

What happens

The Yellow Cab Man is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Jack Donohue and starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven and Edward Arnold. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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