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Dance hall racket 1954, lenny bruce, timothy farrell, d phil tucker. Dance hall racket 1953 out of 4 before turning to stand up comedy, legendary lenny bruce wrote and starred in this film from director phil tucker who is best known for the infamous robot monster. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. Unknown dancers do a little lindy jitterbug near the opening scene. The story takes place in a london dance emporium, frequented by the. Dance hall racket 1953 film complet en francais hd streaming. I must admit id never heard of the film until i came across it on amazon while cruising for any film featuring jane hylton. Film programmer elliot lavine revels in dark side sfgate. Cult sleaze noir dance hall racket 1953 a catfight with a tanked up female customer is followed by the peeping tom ticket man sequence from the low budget crime thriller comedy dance hall. Dance hall racket 1953 02201953 us action, adventure, crime 1h.

Dance hall racket 1953 an fbi agent infiltrates a whiteslaverysmuggling ring operating out of a. Tucker was only twentyfive when he shot the film in just four days around the familiar sights of bronson canyon, but hed already cut his directing teeth by helming several other projects, including the lenny bruce vehicle, dance hall racket. Dance hall racket 1953 critics have been arguing for decades over the geniusmediocrity of the late comedian lenny bruce, but with scant direct filmed evidence to mak. Unfortunately, the films waferthin plot an underworld figure, umberto scalli timothy farrell, uses the sleazy taxidance hall he runs as a. There are bad movies and then there is robot monster a film nearly as bad and nearly as loved as ed woods plan 9 from outer space 1959. A merchant marine seaman is found murdered and suspicion falls upon the operator of a dimea dance honky tonk joint. Its also a prime location for fencing smuggled diamonds. Dance hall racket 1954, lenny bruce, timothy farrell, d. Dance hall 1929 dance hall racket 1953 dance macabre 1991 dance me outside 1995 dance of death 1969 dance of the damned 1989 dance of the dead 2008 dance of the vampires 1967 dance with a stranger 1985 dance with me 1998 dance with me, henry 1956 dance your ass off 2009 dance, fools, dance 1931 dance, girl, dance 1940. An fbi agent infiltrates a whiteslaverysmuggling ring operating out of a seedy dance hall. When he realizes landis is no longer under his spell, romero coaches his pal, composer william henry, on winning her over. Now theres a trilogy that deserves a criterion bluray boxset. Later in 1953, george weiss hired lenny bruce to write the screenplay for the feature dance hall racket. Interiors were shot at quality, with timothy farrell playing ultrascumbag umberto scalli, a role he played in two other screen classics productions.

Scalli timothy farrell runs a dance hall on the waterfront where lonely sailors can enjoy the company of pretty girls for a dime a dance. Read this faq about determining if something is pd. The work that made me realize this was phil tuckers dance hall racket 1953, a cheaply made, bythenumbers exploitation movie whose only real distinction is that it was written by lenny bruce and marks his only appearance as a credited actor. Midnight movie madness 50 movie collection, dvd, horror, 826831071671.

It was not a great success, perhaps because the world depicted factory work, tenement flats, the suburban palais dance hall was. Olgas house of shame and olga part two compilation of highlights at the internet archive. Dance hall racket 1954, lenny bruce, timothy farrell, d phil tucker duration. Lenny bruce film acquired by brandeis is its own mystery. The devils sleep was the first of three films in which timothy farrell appeared as umberto scalli. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie duration. Considered a minor ealing work, dance hall was released on the gaumont circuit with a reissued overlanders d. Honey bruce friedman 19272005 find a grave memorial. Dance hall is a 1950 british film directed by charles crichton.

Gloria grahame is the princess, turhan bey is the captain of the guard and cesar romero is the oily villain who has his sights set on gloria and her fathers throne. He continued working sporadically in the movies as late. Right after dance hall racket director phil tucker tried going legit with robot monster, a legendary mess in fake 3d, but was soon back to doing things like strips around the world and bagdad after midnite. It is often cited as a ripoff of standard fifties scifi films regarding aliens coming to earth to wreak havoc, but it isnt all that simple. The film was an unusual departure for ealing studios at the time, as it tells the story about four women and their romantic encounters from a female perspective. First, thanks to woods deficitstyle budgeting, the producer was forced to presell the film in order to generate enough money to complete the picture.

Dance hall singer carole landis is smitten with club manager cesar romero until she learns hes something of a casanova. Vic bruce tries to rise from a small town racket to a. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. By 1959, he was done with film and back working clubs in new york. Lenny portrays his strongarm not like scalli needs one, the psychotic vincent. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Dance hall racket is a 1953 american film directed by phil tucker starring lenny bruce who also wrote the script and his wife honey harlow. The films range from polished studio entries, like phantom lady 1944, to truly weird, offthebeatenpath items, such as dance hall racket, a grindhouse attraction starring lenny bruce. See the full list of cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.

And while he should be championed as a pioneer in lowbudget filmmaking, the entire production was. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The dancing is simple in style but has variations of the boogie. A native of manila, arkansas, she was born harriet jolliff, later changing her name to honey harlow. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing dance hall racket near you. Prisoners of the casbah 1953 as firouz a typical sam katzman sandandsandals saga that is better than his later harem scarum only because this one doesnt have elvis presley. A former stripper and actress, she appeared in two films, dance hall racket in 1953, and princess of the nile in 1954, she married controversial comedian lenny bruce on june 15, 1951. Filmography for cesar romero turner classic movies. As filming commenced for a grand total of four whole days, weiss was soon faced with three monumental problems. Tucker directed, while bruce wrote the screenplay and portrayed the character of. Dance hall is a film which deserves to be much better known. A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customers in line.