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Living It Up (1954)

Living It Up (1954)

Comedy Music

THEY'RE LAFFIN' IT UP!

Release Date: 1954, August 4
Directors: Norman Taurog
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures, York Pictures Corporation, York Pictures Corporation
Cast: Michael O'Hara, Dabbs Greer, Eduard Franz, Norman Leavitt, Emmett Lynn, Arthur Tovey, Benjie Bancroft, Oliver Cross, Franklyn Farnum, Herschel Graham, Al Hill, Paul Kruger

Overview:

Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris, diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A big city reporter hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.

Keywords:

doctor based on play or musical musical comedy train deception screwball comedy newspaper conscience bumbling yellowface romantic rivalry headline female reporter radiation sickness medical examination middle of nowhere x-ray faking illness jitterbug imposture