Movie: Tall, Tan and Terrific

Top 10 Billed Cast

Mantan Moreland
Mantan Moreland

Mantan Moreland

Monte Hawley
Monte Hawley

'Handsome' Harry Hansom

Francine Everett
Francine Everett

Miss Tall, Tan and Terrific

Dots Johnson
Dots Johnson

The Duke

Rudy Toombs
Rudy Toombs

Lefty Gomez

Barbara 'Butterbeans' Bradford
Barbara 'Butterbeans' Bradford

Club Photographer

Milton Woods
Milton Woods

The Master of Ceremonies

Gorgeous Astor Debutantes
Gorgeous Astor Debutantes

Themselves

Thelma Cordero
Thelma Cordero

Lou Swarz
Lou Swarz

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    Professional gambler The Duke (Dots Johnson) attempts to cheat Handsome Harry Hansom (Monte Hawley), who owns a successful Harlem nightclub, out of his club and his contract with his lead singer and girlfriend Tall, Tan, and Terrific (Francine Everett). This leads to a murder that is solved by club comic Mantan Moreland and club photographer Butterbeans (Barbara Bradford). But the plot takes little screen time, most of which is devoted to stage acts at the nightclub.

  • Release Date

    1946-06-26

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    English
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