On the Town
9,590
Musical. Comedy
Three sailors -Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie- are very excited about getting a 24-hour leave and spending it in New York, New York - a wonderful town! They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can't resist the horny advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist's "prehistoric man," and after much desperate searching, Gabey ... [+]
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United Kingdom | Empire | "Delightful, athletic stuff with some unusual - but wonderful - location shooting. New York never looked better." | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "Gaiety, rhythm, humor and a good, wholesome dash of light romance have been artfully blended together in this bright Technicolored comedy." | POS |
United States | Variety | "The pep, enthusiasm and apparent fun the makers of On the Town had in putting it together comes through to the audience and gives the picture its best asset" | POS |
United Kingdom | Time Out | "The most cinematic of film musicals and the one most given to dance, On the Town is exhilarating, brash spectacle, all rip-snorting, wisecracking attack, and maybe just a teensy bit unlikeable." | POS |
United States | The New Yorker | "Its exuberant love of New York seems forced, and most of the numbers are hearty and uninspired" | NEU |
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