| Bloodhounds of Broadway | |
| Director: | Harmon Jones |
| Producer: | George Jessel |
| Starring: | Mitzi Gaynor Scott Brady Mitzi Green Marguerite Chapman Michael O'Shea |
| Music: | Lionel Newman |
| Cinematography: | Edward Cronjager |
| Editing: | George A. Gittens |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $2 million (US rentals)[1] |
Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1952 Technicolor musical film directed by Harmon Jones and based on a Damon Runyon story. It stars Mitzi Gaynor along with Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon, and George E. Stone. Charles Bronson appears, uncredited, as Charles Buchinski.
A film based on multiple Runyon stories, including "Bloodhounds of Broadway," was released in 1989, this time as a PBS American Playhouse special (subsequently given theatrical release) starring Matt Dillon and Madonna.[2]
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