Crime ·Drama ·Music · United States of America · 1951 · 1h 25m

The Strip

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Director
László Kardos
Cast
Mickey Rooney as Stanley Maxton Sally Forrest as Jane Tafford William Demarest as Fluff James Craig as Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson Kay Brown as Edna Louis Armstrong as Himself
Crew
Robert Surtees — Director of Photography Albert Akst — Editor Allen Rivkin — Writer Joe Pasternak — Producer
Tagline

M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer!

Synopsis

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.

Mood & Themes
drumsjazz singer or musicianfilm noirmurder investigationnightclub ownertold in flashbackjazz bandcabaret dancernightclub performerfemicideaccused of murderhollywood hills
Key Collaborators
László Kardos Director Robert Surtees Director of Photography Albert Akst Editor Allen Rivkin Writer Joe Pasternak Producer
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