Crosby plays a Philadelpia Quaker engaged to a Southern belle. He becomes a social outcast when he refuses to fight a duel. Fields then hires him to perform on his riverboat, promoting him as "Colonel Steel...the notorious Colonel Steel...the singing killer."
Discussion Date
September 3
Discussion Time
7:00 pm
Location
Virtual Event
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movie details
starring
Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett
creative team
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Music by Howard Jackson (uncredited), Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Screenplay by Francis Martin and Jack Cunningham
Produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr.
run time
1h 13m
where to stream
YouTube
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