Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 film)

Bloodhounds of Broadway
Mitzi Gaynor and the cast (including bloodhounds) in the theatrical release poster for Bloodhounds of Broadway
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHarmon Jones
Written bySy Gomberg
Albert Mannheimer
Based onBloodhounds of Broadway
1931 story in Collier's
by Damon Runyon
Produced byGeorge Jessel
StarringMitzi Gaynor
Scott Brady
Mitzi Green
Marguerite Chapman
Michael O'Shea
CinematographyEdward Cronjager
Edited byGeorge A. Gittens
Music byLionel Newman
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 14, 1952 (1952-11-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US rentals)[1]
Mitzi Gaynor

Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1952 Technicolor musical film directed by Harmon Jones and based on a Damon Runyon story. It stars Mitzi Gaynor along with Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon, and George E. Stone. Charles Bronson appears, uncredited, as Charles Buchinski.

A film based on multiple Runyon stories, including "Bloodhounds of Broadway," was released in 1989, this time as a PBS American Playhouse special (subsequently given theatrical release) starring Matt Dillon and Madonna.[2]

  1. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
  2. ^ "Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952) - Harmon Jones | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".