
07 Aug 1953

The Band Wagon
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

There should be a law against knowing the things I found out about men!
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.

Petey Brown

Nicky Toresca

Sally Otis

Virginia 'Ginny' Brown

San Thomas

Riley

Gloria O'Connor

Roy Otis

Johnny O'Connor

Joe Brown

Bandleader
Singer at Bamboo Club
Cashier (uncredited)

Chorine (uncredited)

Mrs. Thorpe (uncredited)

Cop (uncredited)

Jim the Bartender (uncredited)
Chorine (uncredited)

Barbara (uncredited)

Second Drunk (uncredited)

07 Aug 1953

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

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A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.

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Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.

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A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

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James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

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Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

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