Corky of Gasoline Alley

Corky of Gasoline Alley
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Written by	Edward Bernds
Based on	Gasoline Alley by Frank O. King
Produced by	Wallace MacDonald
Starring	Scotty Beckett Jimmy Lydon Susan Morrow
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Jerome Thoms
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	September 17, 1951 (1951-09-17)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Corky of Gasoline Alley is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring Scotty Beckett, Jimmy Lydon and Susan Morrow. It is based on the comic strip Gasoline Alley by Frank King and is the sequel to Gasoline Alley, released earlier in the year.

Plot

Elwood Martin, a brash extrovert with an aversion to work, comes to live with Walt Wallet and his wife Phyllis. Elwood creates havoc around the house, at Corky Wallet's diner and at Skeezix Wallet's repair shop. Corky and his kid sister Judy, hoping to save the family from bankruptcy and insanity, try to persuade Elwood to move away, but Elwood fakes a back injury.

Cast

• Scotty Beckett as Corky Wallet
• Jimmy Lydon as Skeezix Wallet
• Don Beddoe as Walt Wallet
• Gordon Jones as Elwood Martin
• Patti Brady as Judy Wallet
• Susan Morrow as Hope Wallet
• Kay Christopher as Nina Clock Wallet
• Madelon Baker as Phyllis Wallet
• Dick Wessel as Pudge McKay
• Ludwig Stössel as Dr. Hammerschlag
• John Dehner as Jefferson Jay (uncredited)

Further reading

• Bernard F. Dick. Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

External links

• Corky of Gasoline Alley at IMDb