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One cab, infinite disasters, and a wife who makes the passengers look sane.
TMDB
90

Stop That Cab (1951)

B-movie chaosWorking-class nightmareScrewball-adjacent

Overview

Comedy

The trials and tribulations of a cab driver working the night shift, who must put with an assortment of crazies, hardcases and sob stories during work and then has to come home to a loud, argumentative, shrewish wife.

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Content warning
taxi driver

Standout Aspects

Acting

Iris Adrian's shrieking wife performance is genuinely unhinged cinema.

Production

Shot in six days on a budget that couldn't buy lunch today.

Editing

58 minutes of barely controlled narrative demolition derby.

Best for:Solo: When you need to feel better about your own job.·Background: Ironically perfect while doing literally anything else.·Rewatch: Catching every micro-budget corner cut on second viewing.
Heads up:Language: Casual 1950s ethnic stereotyping throughout, played for comedy.·Triggers: Relentless misogynistic 'nagging wife' trope as central premise.
E

Director

Eugenio de Liguoro

ReleasedMar 30, 1951
Runtime58m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Spartan Productions

Top Cast

Sid Melton

Sid Melton

Sidney Gugenheimer

Iris Adrian

Iris Adrian

Lucy Gugenheimer

Marjorie Lord

Marjorie Lord

Mary Thomas

Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Lefty

Greg McClure

Greg McClure

George

Chester Clute

Chester Clute

Lucy's Father

William Haade

William Haade

Onslow

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Lucy's Mother

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Director Eugenio de Liguoro was an Italian silent film pioneer slumming in Poverty Row quickies; this was his final American film before fleeing back to Italy.

Cultural

Sid Melton later became famous as 'Little Morrie' on The Golden Girls, making this his decades-long warmup as professional punching bag.

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