Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

September 5, 1949 (US) • Music, Comedy, Crime • 84m

Overview

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

Director

John Farrow

Writers

Charles Lederer, Hagar Wilde, John Farrow, Frank Tashlin

Top Billed

Betty Hutton

Keywords

kidnapping gangster show business musical ambition murder broadway frantic columnist broadway producer playful aspiring actress theatre publicity agent

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Top Billed Cast

Betty Hutton

Eleanor "Yum-Yum" Collier

Victor Mature

Danny James

William Demarest

Charlie Baxter

June Havoc

Sandra

Jane Nigh

No-No

Frank Loesser

Hair-Do Lempke

William Talman

Bunny Harris

Art Smith

Laddie Corwin

Raymond Walburn

Mr. Creek

Onslow Stevens

Captain Allen

Joseph Vitale

Garr

Barry Kelley

Lieutenant Gorham

Bobby Watson

Barney Stratum

Jack Kruschen

Steve

Percy Helton

Stage Manager

Ernö Verebes

Waiter

Philip Van Zandt

Head-waiter

Henry Guttman

Frankie

Don Shelton

Hamlet

Herschel Daugherty

Laertes

Dorothy Abbott

The Queen

Julia Faye

Housekeeper

John Marchak

Guard

Julie Adams

Starlet (uncredited)

Frank Alten

Karl Müller (uncredited)

Roscoe J. Behan

Customer / Bartender at Perrin’s / Detective (uncredited)

Phil Boutelje

Crosland (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Waiter (uncredited)

James Burke

Doorman (uncredited)

Bill Burt

Gunman (uncredited)

Bruce Carruthers

Newsman (uncredited)

Douglas Carter

Piano Tuner (uncredited)

James Conaty

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

James Cornell

Waiter / Actor in Theatre Group (uncredited)

Fairy Cunningham

Girl (uncredited)

Billy Daniel

Dancer (uncredited)

James Davies

Actor in Theatre Group (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Drugstore Manager / Workman (uncredited)

Jimmie Dundee

Gangster (uncredited)

Roy Engel

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Billy Engle

Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Maxine Gates

Waitress (uncredited)

Joseph J. Greene

Producer (uncredited)

William Hall

Kowalski (uncredited)

Fred Haney

Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Len Hendry

Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Arlene Jenkins

Newspaper Woman (uncredited)

Geraldine Jordan

Customer (uncredited)

Russ Kaplan

Gangster (uncredited)

Virginia Keiley

Miss Loring (uncredited)

Robert Kellard

Police Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Mike Lally

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Paul Lees

Ogilvy (uncredited)

Edith Leslie

Mrs. Creek (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

Rita Lupino

Dancer (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

Waiter (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Noel Neill

Actress in Theatre Group (uncredited)

Jacqueline Park

Reporter / Drug Store Hostess / Showgirl (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

Piano Tuner (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

Detective (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Cop (uncredited)

Pepito Pérez

Waiter at Perrin's (uncredited)

Joey Ray

Actor in Theatre Group (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Cafeteria Customer / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Rosenthal

Piano Player (uncredited)

Tim Ryan

Stranger (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

John Sheehan

Waiter (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Douglas Spencer

Actor in Theatre Group (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Diane Stewart

Customer / Cigar Clerk (uncredited)

Harry Templeton

Newsman (uncredited)

Marie Thomas

Showgirl (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

Actor in Theatre Group (uncredited)

Harland Tucker

Saunders (uncredited)

Joe Whitehead

Building Manager (uncredited)

Crew

Billy Daniel

Choreographer

Charles Lederer

Story

Hagar Wilde

Screenplay

John Farrow

Screenplay

John Farrow

Director

Robert Fellows

Producer

Joseph J. Lilley

Original Music Composer

Franz Bachelin

Art Direction

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Frank Loesser

Original Music Composer

Frank Tashlin

Story

Daniel L. Fapp

Director of Photography

Frank Loesser

Songs

Frank Loesser

Lyricist

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Hedy Mjorud

Hairstylist

Edith Head

Costume Design

Joseph J. Lilley

Music Director

Frank Skinner

Additional Music

Bud Brill

Second Assistant Director

Ross Dowd

Set Decoration

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Gene Garvin

Sound Recordist

Charles Morton

Script Supervisor

Charles Boerner

Makeup Artist

William Woods

Makeup Artist

Herbert Coleman

Assistant Director

Van Cleave

Orchestrator

Sidney Cutner

Orchestrator

Gordon Rayburn

Sound Recordist

Jack Koffman

Still Photographer

Eda Warren

Supervising Editor

Charles Woolstenhulme

Production Manager

George Tomasini

Assistant Editor

James A. Rosenberger

Assistant Director

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Gertrude Reade

Hairstylist

Hugo Grenzbach

Sound Recordist

Irving Newmeyer

Grip

Haskell B. Boggs

Camera Operator

Lionel Lindon

Additional Photography

Roy Roberts

Gaffer

James Grant

Assistant Camera

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Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

Charles Lederer, Hagar Wilde, John Farrow, Frank Tashlin

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