Bloodhounds of Broadway was one of many
Damon Runyon adaptations filmed in the wake of the 1950 Broadway hit
Guys and Dolls. Manhattan bookie
Scott Brady skips town to avoid a crime investigation. He meets hillbilly
Mitzi Gaynor and vows to get the talented young miss into show business. Thanks to her positive influence, the bookie agrees to face the investigating committee, but changes his mind and plans to skip the country. The broken-hearted
Gaynor is gratified when
Brady changes his mind again, confesses his crimes (none of them homicidal) and serves a year in jail. When he returns to civilian life,
Gaynor is headlining at a posh nightclub, whose employees are all former crooks and gangsters--including
Charles Bronson as a waiter!
Bloodhound of Broadway was remade (sort of) under the same title in 1989, this time as a PBS American Playhouse special (subsequently given theatrical release) starring
Matt Dillon and
Madonna. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide