Summary
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents of veteran vaudevillian Benny Fields.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 49GoodWatch 51
Audience score50%
IMDb4.7
Running time
1 h 10 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −36 min on the typical 106
typical 10670Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1944
January 2, 1944
82 years ago
Genre
MusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1945
- Best Original Musical Score1945Nominated
and 5 moreDirecting · 2
- Edgar G. Ulmer Director, Second Unit Director, Production Design
- Joseph H. Lewis Director
Writing · 4
- Pierre Gendron Writer
- Irwin Franklyn Writer
- Raymond L. Schrock Story
- Martin Mooney Story
Sound · 4
- Ferde Grofé Sr. Music Arranger, Original Music Composer
- Leo Erdody Music Director, Original Music Composer
- Paul Francis Webster Songs
- Harry Revel Songs
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