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Gasoline Alley is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon and Susan Morrow.[1] It is based on the cartoon of the same name by Frank King. It was followed the same year by a sequel, Corky of Gasoline Alley.

Gasoline Alley
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Written by	Edward Bernds Frank King
Produced by	Milton Feldman
Starring	Scotty Beckett Jimmy Lydon Susan Morrow
Cinematography	Lester White
Edited by	Aaron Stell
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	January 2, 1951
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The popular Frank O. King comic strip characters go from newspaper page to screen in this 1951 feature film from legendary comedy director Edward Bernds (of Three Stooges and Bowery Boys fame). Scotty Beckett and Jimmy Lydon are Corky and Skeezix, half-brothers who find themselves in the restaurant business until complications and some family conflicts arise.

Cast

• Scotty Beckett as Corky
• Jimmy Lydon as Skeezix
• Susan Morrow as Hope
• Don Beddoe as Walt Wallet
• Patti Brady as Judy
• Madelon Baker as Phyllis / Auntie Blossom
• Dick Wessel as Pudge
• Gus Schilling as Joe Allen
• Kay Christopher as Nina
• Byron Foulger as Charles D. Haven
• Virginia Toland as Carol Rice
• Jimmy Lloyd as Harry Dorsey
• William Forrest as Hacker
• Ralph Peters as Reddick
• Charles Halton as Pettit
• Charles Williams as Mortie
• Christine McIntyre as Myrtle

References

Bibliography

• Bernard F. Dick. Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

External links

• Gasoline Alley at IMDb

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