
90 minutes
11/14/1952
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?

Mitzi Gaynor
as Emily Ann Stackerlee

Scott Brady
as Robert 'Numbers' Foster

Mitzi Green
as '52nd Tessie' Sammis

Marguerite Chapman
as Yvonne Dugan

Michael O'Shea
as Inspector McNamara

Wally Vernon
as Harry 'Poorly' Sammis

Henry Slate
as Dave the Dude

George E. Stone
as Ropes McGonigle

Richard Allan
as Curtaintime Charlie

Edwin Max
as Lookout Louie Larchment

Charles Bronson
as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)

Timothy Carey
as Crockett Pace (uncredited)

Henry Corden
as Selly Bennett (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Mary Wickes
as Lady at Laundry (uncredited)

Sharon Baird
as Little Elida (uncredited)

David Bauer
as Counsel (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Robert Long
as Presiding Senator (uncredited)

Charles Tannen
as Bookie on Phone (uncredited)

Emile Meyer
as Skipper (uncredited)

Harold Miller
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Alfred Mizner
as Foy Pace (uncredited)

Mabel Paige
as Madame Moana (uncredited)
Charles Perry
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Al Hill
as Bookie (uncredited)

Paul Wexler
as Theopolis Pace (uncredited)
Phil Tully
as Detective Lt. Moran (uncredited)

Ralph Volkie
as Frankie Ferraccio (uncredited)

Bill Walker
as Uncle Old Fella (uncredited)