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1h 25m

Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)

Overview

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy), a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven (Constance Dowling), whose sister Ulda (Shelley Winters) happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin (Johnnie "Scat" Davis). After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.

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Harry Joe Brown

Director

Harold Goldman

Screenplay

Cast

Nelson Eddy

Brom Broeck

Charles Coburn

Peter Stuyvesant

Constance Dowling

Tina Tienhoven

Ernest Cossart

Tienhoven

Shelley Winters

Ulda Tienhoven

Johnnie Davis

Tenpin

Percy Kilbride

Schermerhorn

Otto Kruger

Roosevelt

Fritz Feld

Poffenburgh

Richard Hale

Tammany

Carmen Amaya

Gypsy Dancer

Irving Bacon

Peter Van Stoon

Nelson Eddy

Brom Broeck

Charles Coburn

Peter Stuyvesant

Constance Dowling

Tina Tienhoven

Ernest Cossart

Tienhoven

Shelley Winters

Ulda Tienhoven

Johnnie Davis

Tenpin

Percy Kilbride

Schermerhorn

Otto Kruger

Roosevelt

Fritz Feld

Poffenburgh

Richard Hale

Tammany

Carmen Amaya

Gypsy Dancer

Irving Bacon

Peter Van Stoon

Extra

Release Date

March 17, 1944

Original Language

English

Budget

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