The Barefoot Mailman
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| Directed by | Earl McEvoy |
| Produced by | Robert Cohn |
| Written by |
James Gunn Alfred Lewis Levitt Francis Swann Theodore Pratt (novel) |
| Starring |
Bob Cummings Terry Moore Jerome Courtland |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Barefoot Mailman is a comedy-adventure film starring Robert Cummings and distributed by Columbia Pictures in 1951. The film was based on the 1943 novel The Barefoot Mailman by Theodore Pratt. Filmed in Super Cinecolor on location in Florida where the events take place, it features many elements of the Western.
Plot
Set in 1895, Robert Cummings plays a con man, Sylvanus Hurley, who is trying to raise the selling price of land he owns by convincing the residents of Miami that a railroad is coming to town. Jerome Courtland plays the barefoot mailman, Steven Pierton, who leads Sylvanus along the beach from Palm Beach to Miami, and who is skeptical of Sylvanus's scheme. Terry Moore is a run-away teenager, Adie Titus, who joins Sylvanus and Steven on their walk by impersonating a child. John Russell plays Theron, a swamp gang leader who tries to carry Adie away. Will Geer plays Dan Paget, a newspaper editor and the mayor of Miami.
The wit of Sylvanus Hurley
You're an idealist
No, just a bachelor
Same thing
A man never knows how happy he is until he gets married...and then it's too late
Women are like meals; absolutely necessary but extremely uncomfortable when they stay with you