Killer Diller (1948)

1948 · Feature film · 73 min · dir. Josh Binney

SWINGING SINGING... DYNAMITE DANCING... ...AND KILLER COMEDY!

• Comedy
• Drama
• Music

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Synopsis

A theater owner needing a magician wants to see the magic act and the magician obliges by making the girlfriend disappear not to mention the police who come to investigate. A chase begins, which gets paused as the show must go on. What follows are some dynamite musical and comedy acts including Nat King Cole, the Clark Brothers and Moms Mabley as part of an African American musical variety show.

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Details

Director

Josh Binney

Writer

Hal Seeger

Composer

Count Basie

Cinematography

Lester Lang

Studio

All-American News

Released

1948-01-01

Running time

73 minutes

Cast & crew

• JJosh Binney Director
• DDusty Fletcher
• GGeorge Wiltshire
• Butterfly McQueen
• Nellie Hill
• Freddie Robinson
• Edgar Martin
• SSidney Easton
• AAugustus Smith

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