The Stork Club (1945)
- Starring:
- Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, (more)
- Director(s):
- Hal Walker
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of The Stork Club
The Stork Club, the famed New York nightspot immortalized by columnist Walter Winchell (in return for special favors from its owners), is the setting for this typically brash Betty Hutton musical. Hutton plays a young hat check girl who rescues an elderly tramp (Barry Fitzgerald) from drowning. The old bum turns out to be a millionaire, and expresses his gratitude by setting up Hutton in luxury--asking for nothing in return. Hutton's boyfriend Don DeFore suspects hanky panky, but all is forgiven during the obligatory floor show. There are rumors that the Stork Club itself financed The Stork Club as a feature-length commercial. Whatever the case, ownership of the film was cloudy enough to allow it to slip into the public domain in 1982, which explains why Stork Club seems to be running 24 hours a day on cable TV. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast of The Stork Club
- Betty Hutton - Judy Peabody
- Don DeFore - Danny Wilton
- Iris Adrian - Gwen
- Bill Goodwin - Sherman Billingsley
- Charles Coleman - Bates' butler
- Mikhail Rasumny - Coretti
- Gloria Donovan - Barbara Billingsley
- Pierre Watkin - Hotel manager
- Cosmo Sardo - Rocco, Stork Club waiter
- Mae Busch - Vera
- Franklin Farnum - Diner
- Reed Howes - Patron
- Anthony Caruso - Joe, the Fisherman
- Barry Fitzgerald - Jerry B. Bates
- Andy Russell - Jim
- Robert Benchley - Tom Curtis
- Mary Young - Mrs. Edith Bates
- Perc Launders - Tom
- Sam Ash - Ringsider
- Audrey Wilder - Jenny - check girl
- Grady Sutton - Peter, salesman
- Noel Neill - Jacqueline Billingsley
- Jimmie Dundee - Fred, the Fisherman
- Roberta Jonay - Molly, the Check Girl
- Mary Currier - Hazel Billingsley
- Director(s):
- Hal Walker
- Writer(s):
- Buddy G. DeSylva, Jack McGowan, John McGowan
- Producer(s):
- Buddy G. DeSylva
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