Release Date

17 Mar, 1944

Runtime

01:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

WHEN TIMES SQUARE WAS FULL OF INDIANS...LITTLE OLD NEW YORK WAS FULL OF FUN!

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.

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Actors

Nelson Eddy

Charles Coburn

Constance Dowling

Ernest Cossart

Shelley Winters

Johnnie Davis

Percy Kilbride

Otto Kruger

Fritz Feld

Richard Hale

Carmen Amaya

Irving Bacon

Charles Judels

Ferdinand Munier

Glenn Strange

Percival Vivian

Crew