''The Yellow Cab Man'' is a 1950

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directed by Jack Donohue and starring

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and Edward Arnold. The inventor of unbreakable glass ("Elastiglass") tries to sell it to a taxicab company, hoping that they will make unbreakable windshields. A brief sequence of distorted visual effects in the film is the work of the photographer

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, who also makes a cameo appearance as a cab driver.

Cast

as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy *

as Ellen Goodrich (as Gloria De Haven) * Edward Arnold as Martin Creavy *

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as Dr. Byron Dokstedder *

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as Mickey Corkins *

Jay C. Flippen Jay C. Flippen (March 6, 1899 – February 3, 1971) was an American character actor who often played crusty sergeants, police officers or weary criminals in many films of the 1940s and 1950s. Before his motion-picture career he was a leading va ...

as Hugo *

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as Pearson Hendricks *

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as Willis Tomlin (as Guy Anderson) *John Butler as Gimpy *

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as Danny *

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as Bride's mother

Reception

According to MGM the film earned $1,951,000 in the US and Canada and $648,000 elsewhere, leading to a profit of $545,000.

References

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* * * 1950 films 1950 comedy films American comedy films American black-and-white films Yellow Cab Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Jack Donohue Films scored by Scott Bradley 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub