A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?
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Mitzi Gaynor as Emily Ann Stackerlee
Scott Brady as Robert 'Numbers' Foster
Mitzi Green as '52nd Tessie' Sammis
Marguerite Chapman as Yvonne Dugan
Michael O'Shea as Inspector McNamara
Wally Vernon as Harry 'Poorly' Sammis
Henry Slate as Dave the Dude
George E. Stone as Ropes McGonigle
Richard Allan as Curtaintime Charlie
Edwin Max as Lookout Louie Larchment
Charles Bronson as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
Timothy Carey as Crockett Pace (uncredited)
Henry Corden as Selly Bennett (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Mary Wickes as Lady at Laundry (uncredited)
Sharon Baird as Little Elida (uncredited)
David Bauer as Counsel (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Robert Long as Presiding Senator (uncredited)
Charles Tannen as Bookie on Phone (uncredited)
Emile Meyer as Skipper (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Alfred Mizner as Foy Pace (uncredited)
Mabel Paige as Madame Moana (uncredited)
Charles Perry as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Al Hill as Bookie (uncredited)
Paul Wexler as Theopolis Pace (uncredited)
Phil Tully as Detective Lt. Moran (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie as Frankie Ferraccio (uncredited)
Bill Walker as Uncle Old Fella (uncredited)
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