Public Pigeon No. 1

Public Pigeon No. One
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Starring Red Skelton
Vivian Blaine
Janet Blair
Music by David Rose
Edited by Otto Ludwig
Production
company
Val-Ritchie Productions
Distributed by RKO Teleradio Pictures
Universal Studios
Release dates
  • May 17, 1957 (1957-05-17) (Premiere-New York City)[1]
  • June 5, 1957 (1957-06-05) (US)[1]
Running time
79 mins.
Country United States
Language English

Public Pigeon No. One is a 1957 comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod. It stars Red Skelton and Vivian Blaine.[2]

Plot

Rusty Morgan is irresponsible, but girlfriend Edith Enders trusts him. They put their money in a joint bank account.

A con man, Harvey Baker, is able to persuade Rusty to buy his worthless uranium certificates, claiming they are worth $10,000. His cronies Rita and Frankie take the swindle further, resulting in Rusty losing his job at a cafe and Lt. Qualen of the bunco squad letting him know that these are wanted crooks with a $10,000 reward on their heads.

Rusty accidentally finds out where Rita is and follows her. He is so gullible, he believes it when told they are actually agents working secretly for the FBI. He ends up a pigeon for their scheme, arrested and sentenced to five years in prison.

No one could be this stupid, the crooks conclude, and mistakenly believe Rusty actually has their stolen money in a safety deposit box. Edith concocts a scheme with Qualen to break Rusty out of jail so the crooks will follow him. Qualen ends up arresting the lot, and Rusty and Edith get to share the $10,000 reward.

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 "Public Pigeon No. 1: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  2. "Public Pigeon No. 1 - Cast, Reviews, Summary, and Awards". AllRovi. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.