Show Boat

(1951)

Synopsis

Third version of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical about Mississippi riverboat life chronicles the problematic romance between the beautiful daughter of the ship's captain and a prodigious gambler.

Directors

George Sidney, John Lee Mahin, Robert Alton, Cedric Gibbons, Jack Martin Smith, Roger Edens, Sydney Guilaroff, Adolph Deutsch

Production year

1951

Rating

TV-G

Studio

Warner Bros.

Runtime

108 minutes

Cast

Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ava Gardner, Joe E. Brown, Agnes Moorehead