Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
Directed by Claude Binyon
Genres - Comedy, Romance, Music, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Musical Comedy, Musical Romance |
Release Date - Apr 1, 1952 (USA - Unknown), Apr 1, 1952 (USA) |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Except for a few later guest-star spots, Dinah Shore ended her film career with Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick. Based on an old stock-company perennial by Walter Benjamin Hare, the film stars Dinah as Josie, a farm gal who is slickered out of her life land by big-city con artists Bill Merrydew (Robert Merrill) and Gladys (Adele Jergens). Unbeknownst to Josie, her farm is rich with oil. Upon finding this out, Josie's neighbor and erstwhile beau Aaron Slick (Alan Young) heads to town to retrieve her holdings. Since the film stars three well-established singers--Dinah Shore, Alan Young, and Robert Merrill--the Hare original has been transformed into a musical (though truth to tell, it isn't exactly on the level of Oklahoma).
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wealth, city, city-slicker, con/scam, farming, fast-talking, love, musical [play], oil, romance