Tall, Tan and Terrific

Tall, Tan and Terrific

40 mins | Music | June 26, 1946

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.

Tall, Tan and Terrific

40 mins | Music | June 26, 1946

Tall, Tan and Terrific
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.
Producers Astor Pictures Corporation
Original title Tall, Tan and Terrific
Directors Bud Pollard
Writers John E. Gordon

Cast

Mantan Moreland

as Mantan Moreland

Monte Hawley

as 'Handsome' Harry Hansom

Francine Everett

as Miss Tall, Tan and Terrific

Dots Johnson

as The Duke

Rudy Toombs

as Lefty Gomez

Barbara 'Butterbeans' Bradford

as Club Photographer

Milton Woods

as The Master of Ceremonies