''Dancing in Manhattan'' is a 1944 American film directed by Henry Levin. It was originally called ''Tonight We Dance''.FILMLAND BRIEFS Los Angeles Times4 Nov 1944: 5.

Plot

A garbage truck driver, Eddie Martin (Fred Brady) from

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

finds a bag of $5,000 during his rounds. He decides to take his sweetheart, Julie Connors (Jeff Donnell) for a wild night on the town, buying and spending on things they've always wanted, but never thought they would have. Problem 1 is that the money actually belonged to a blackmailing hood named Steve Crawford (William Wright). Problem 2 is when the police start asking uncomfortable questions about why the marked money they hoped to trap Crawford with, is now in the possession of Martin and Conners.

Cast

* Fred Brady as Eddie Martin *

Jeff Donnell Jean Marie "Jeff" Donnell (July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988) was an American film and television actress. Early years Donnell was born in South Windham, Maine, to Harold and Mildred Donnell, when her father was superintendent at a boys' reform ...

as Julie Connors * William Wright as Steve Crawford * Ann Savage as Valerie Crawford *

Cy Kendall Cyrus Willard Kendall (March 10, 1898 – July 22, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1935 and 1950. Kendall's heavy-set, square-jawed appearance and deep voice were perfect for wiseguy roles such ...

as Inspector J. J. Kirby *

Carla Balenda Carla Balenda (born Sally Bliss, November 22, 1925) is an American former film and television actress. Early life She was born on November 22, 1925, in Carthage, New York, U.S. She attended high school in Baldwin, Long Island, and participated ...

as Billie

References

External links

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''Dancing in Manhattan''
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1944 films American musical comedy films Films directed by Henry Levin Columbia Pictures films 1944 musical comedy films American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{musical-comedy-film-stub