The Strip

1951

1h 25m

5.6

5.6/10

15 votes • View on IMDb

Crime Drama Music

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

Overview

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.

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries

United States of America

Spoken Languages

English

Keywords

drums jazz singer or musician film noir murder investigation nightclub owner told in flashback jazz band cabaret dancer nightclub performer femicide accused of murder hollywood hills musical acts accidental shooting jazz dancer aspiring actress gun death drummer hollywood strip

Quick Facts

Release Date	August 31, 1951
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0044083

Cast

Mickey Rooney

Stanley Maxton

Sally Forrest

Jane Tafford

William Demarest

Fluff

James Craig

Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson

Kay Brown

Edna

Louis Armstrong

Himself

Myrna Dell

Paulette Ardrey

Vic Damone

Himself

Art Lewis

Sam

Tommy Rettig

Artie Ardrey

Tom Powers

Lt. Detective Bonnabel

Jonathan Cott

Behr

Key Crew

László Kardos

Director

Allen Rivkin

Writer

Joe Pasternak

Producer