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Cruisin' Down the River

Cruisin' Down the River

1953Movie⏱️ 1h 19mApproved
Musical
6.7
IMDB Rating
63 votes

Beauregard Clemment, a New York nightclub crooner, inherits a broken-down Georgia showboat and decides to turn it into a nightclub. He falls in love with Sally Jane, the granddaughter of Thadeus Jackson, arch-enemy of Beau's late ...

Director
Richard Quine
Writers
Blake Edwards, Richard Quine
Stars
Dick Haymes, Audrey Totter, Billy Daniels
Release Date
August 3, 1953
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes
as Beauregard Clemment
Audrey Totter
Audrey Totter
as Sally Jane Jackson
Billy Daniels
Billy Daniels
as William
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway
as Thadeus Jackson
Connie Russell
Connie Russell
as Melissa Curry
Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowley
as Humphrey Hepburn
Larry J. Blake
Larry J. Blake
as Dave Singer
Johnny Downs
Johnny Downs
as Young Thadeus Jackson
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Benny Payne
as Benny
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Cynthia Strother
as Singer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Production
Columbia Pictures

🎯 Categories

Musical

⭐ Featured Review

Singers
by boblipton2014-12-03
6/10

"Dick Haymes sings an assortment of standards and new songs, inherits a riverboat, courts Audrey Totter and feuds with her grandfather, Cecil Kellaway, in this very pleasant, low-key musical. It's directed by Richard Quine and scripted by Blake Edwards and Quine; the two of them did very well out of their work and you can see why. Although Mr. Haymes is a very pleasant performer -- he even does a bit of soft-shoe a couple of times -- with a dazzling smile, Billy Daniels blows him away with his simple line readings and lively singing (although cameraman Charles Lawton Jr. favors Mr. Daniel..."

💡 Did You Know?

This was the first movie to play at the Sundown (later Starlite) Drive-In theater in Mandan, North Dakota (7/31/53).

📖 Synopsis

Beauregard Clemment, a New York nightclub crooner, inherits a broken-down Georgia showboat and decides to turn it into a nightclub. He falls in love with Sally Jane, the granddaughter of Thadeus Jackson, arch-enemy of Beau's late ...