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Cruisin' Down the River is a american film of genre Musical directed by Richard Quiney released in USA on 2 august 1953 with Dick Haymes
Cruisin' Down the River (1953)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 august 1953
Length 1h19
Directed by Richard Quiney
OriginUSA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Rating65%
Cruisin' Down the River is a 1953 Technicolor film directed by Richard Quine. It stars Dick Haymes and Audrey Totter. The story is about a New York nightclub singer who inherits an old riverboat on the Chattahoochee River between Georgia and Alabama. It features comedy, some drama and several musical performances.
Actors
Dick Haymes
(Beauregard Clemment III)
Audrey Totter
(Sally Jane Jackson)
Cecil Kellaway
(Thadeus Jackson)
Connie Russell
(Melissa Curry)
Douglas Fowley
(Humphrey Hepburn)
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