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Stop That Cab

Stop That Cab

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Stop That Cab

"Hilarity in high gear!"

1951

0h 58m

9.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Overview

The trials and tribulations of a cab driver working the night shift, who must put with an assortment of crazies, hardcases and sob stories during work and then has to come home to a loud, argumentative, shrewish wife.

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10 featured cast members

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Sid Melton

Sid Melton

Sidney Gugenheimer

Iris Adrian

Iris Adrian

Lucy Gugenheimer

Marjorie Lord

Mary Thomas

Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Lefty

Greg McClure

Greg McClure

George

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Lucy's Father

William Haade

William Haade

Onslow

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Lucy's Mother

Diane Garrett

The Actress

Mario Siletti

Giuseppe Moscadella

Creative team

Directed by: Eugenio de Liguoro
Written by: Walter Abbott
Louella MacFarlane
Produced by: Abrasha Haimson

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