The Good Humor Man (1950 film)

The Good Humor Man
The Good Humor Man
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lloyd Bacon
Written by	Frank Tashlin
Based on	Appointment with Fear; 1946 story in The Saturday Evening Post; by Roy Huggins
Produced by	S. Sylvan Simon
Starring	Jack Carson; Lola Albright; Jean Wallace;
Cinematography	Lester White
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 1, 1950;
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Good Humor Man is a 1950 American slapstick noir action comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Frank Tashlin. The film revolves around a Good Humor ice cream salesman who becomes involved in a murder. The film stars Jack Carson, Lola Albright, Jean Wallace, George Reeves, Peter Miles and Frank Ferguson. The film was released on June 1, 1950, by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Good Humor delivery driver Biff Jones gets in trouble with the law after being falsely connected with a $300,000 robbery of the cash safe at work, and an apparent murder. He is in love with a neighborhood gal, Margie Bellew, who lives with her younger brother Johnny. Biff and Margie, with the help of Johnny and all the kids from the neighborhood, absolve Biff by fighting and capturing the gangsters guilty of the crime.

Cast

Jack Carson as Biff Jones
Lola Albright as Margie Bellew
Jean Wallace as Bonnie Conroy
George Reeves as Stuart Nagle
Peter Miles as Johnny Bellew
Frank Ferguson as Inspector Quint
David Sharpe as Slick
Chick Collins as Fats
Eddie Parker as John
Pat Flaherty as Officer Rhodes
Richard Egan as Officer Daley
Arthur Space as Steven
Victoria Horne as Bride
Jack Overman as Shirtless Stoker

Reception

The New York Times critic Bosley Crowther panned the film, writing "it does nothing to enhance the reputations of either the movies or a national confectioner's brand."^[1] Critic Craig Butler described the film as "a surprisingly engaging little slapstick flick" with a "screenplay [that] is silly and contrived".^[2] Henry MacArthur of the Washington Evening Star wrote, "a plot that makes sense is not what you want when you set out to see people clouted with custard pies", and called it "one of the wildest sessions of sustained slaptick on record"... "guided at a rising pitch by director Lloyd Bacon".^[3]

References

^ Bosley Crowther (July 14, 1950). "The Good Humor Man (1950)". The New York Times.
^ Butler, Craig. "The Good Humor Man (1950)". AllMovie. Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
^ "Biff, Bam!", Washington Evening Star, Washington D. C., June 23, 1950, p. A-24

External links

The Good Humor Man at IMDb
The Good Humor Man at the TCM Movie Database
The Good Humor Man at AllMovie
The Good Humor Man at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Captain Marvel and the Good Humor Man tie-in comic book

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[1] Bosley Crowther (July 14, 1950). "The Good Humor Man (1950)". The New York Times.

[2] Butler, Craig. "The Good Humor Man (1950)". AllMovie. Netaktion LLC. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[3] "Biff, Bam!", Washington Evening Star, Washington D. C., June 23, 1950, p. A-24

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