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The Strip
The Strip

The Strip

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

Genres

CrimeDramaMusic

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

31 August 1951

Country

United States of America

Cast

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Stanley Maxton

Sally Forrest

Sally Forrest

Jane Tafford

William Demarest

William Demarest

Fluff

James Craig

James Craig

Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson

Kay Brown

Kay Brown

Edna

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Himself

Myrna Dell

Myrna Dell

Paulette Ardrey

Vic Damone

Vic Damone

Himself

Art Lewis

Art Lewis

Sam

Tommy Rettig

Tommy Rettig

Artie Ardrey

Tom Powers

Tom Powers

Lt. Detective Bonnabel

Jonathan Cott

Jonathan Cott

Behr

Jacqueline Fontaine

Jacqueline Fontaine

Frieda

Monica Lewis

Monica Lewis

Herself

Jack Teagarden

Jack Teagarden

Himself

Earl Hines

Earl Hines

Himself

Tommy Farrell

Tommy Farrell

Boynton

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