Killer Diller (1948)
SWINGING SINGING... DYNAMITE DANCING... ...AND KILLER COMEDY!
An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
- Date of release
- 1948-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Director
- Josh Binney
Casting
- Dusty Fletcher — Dusty (as Dusty 'Open the Door Richard' Fletcher)
- George Wiltshire — Dumdone, the Manager
- Butterfly McQueen — Butterfly
- Nellie Hill — Lola, His Fiancée
- Freddie Robinson — Sarge
- Edgar Martin — Policeman
- Sidney Easton — Policeman (as Sid Easton)
- Augustus Smith — Stage Hand (as Gus Smith)
- Moms Mabley — Self (as Jackie Mabley)
- Ken Renard — The Great Voodoo
- Nat King Cole — Self (as King Cole Trio)
- Patterson and Jackson — Themselves
Interesting facts
Killer Diller is a 1948 American musical comedy race film directed by Josh Binney and released by All American. Academic and comedienne Eddie Tafoya wrote that "Killer Diller is really more concerned with showcasing black talent appearing at Harlem's legendary Apollo Theater than it is with providing audiences with a satisfying story." The movie features The Clark Brothers, Nat King Cole, Moms Mabley, Dusty Fletcher, Butterfly McQueen, the Andy Kirk Orchestra and the Four Congaroos. René J. Hall was the film's arranger.
Production
The acts were performed and filmed before a live, segregated audience, with African Americans seated in the balcony.
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