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59% Critic Match
The Strip
“M-G-M's musical melodrama of the Dancer and the Drummer!”
5.9 / 10• 1951• 1h 25m•NR• English
CrimeDramaMusic
Storyline
Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.
Cast & Crew
Mickey Rooney
Stanley Maxton
Lead
Sally Forrest
Jane Tafford
William Demarest
Fluff
James Craig
Delwyn 'Sonny' Johnson
Kay Brown
Edna
Louis Armstrong
Himself
Myrna Dell
Paulette Ardrey
Vic Damone
Himself
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. László Kardos's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Strip is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
