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Half a Hero (1953) Movie Summary

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  • COMEDY
  • MUSIC
  • NR
  • 1953
  • FULL HD

Audiences always roared with delight when Red Skelton went one-on-one with post-war life in The Yellow Cab Man, The Fuller Brush Man and other films. In Half a Hero, the legendary comic took on a slice of 20th-century Americana that still resonates today: the suburbs. Red plays Ben Dobson, a magazine writer whose boss approves of Ben because he lives in a cramped Manhattan apartment instead of "the slums of tomorrow": the 'burbs. So, of course, when Ben movies his family to a sprawling housing development, he struggles (hilariously_ to keep the fact a secret. Jean Hagen, a year after her iconic portrayal of the itsy-voiced screen siren in Singin' in the Rain, plays Ben's long-suffering wife, and singer Polly Bergen makes a guest appearance with a torrid nightclub-scene rendition of "Love."

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A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.

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Half a Hero (1953) Series Cast & Crew

Half a Hero (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Red Skelton (Ben Dobson), Jean Hagen (Martha Dobson), Mary Wickes (Mrs. Watts), Frank Cady (Mr. Watts), Dabbs Greer (George Payson), Charles Dingle (Mr. Bascomb), Willard Waterman (Charles McEstway), all returned for half a hero movie.

Red Skelton (Ben Dobson)
Red SkeltonBen DobsonScore: 9.4
Jean Hagen (Martha Dobson)
Jean HagenMartha DobsonScore: 7.7
Mary Wickes (Mrs. Watts)
Mary WickesMrs. WattsScore: 25.8
Frank Cady (Mr. Watts)
Frank CadyMr. WattsScore: 13.8
Dabbs Greer (George Payson)
Dabbs GreerGeorge PaysonScore: 14.4
Charles Dingle (Mr. Bascomb)
Charles DingleMr. BascombScore: 9.1
Willard Waterman (Charles McEstway)
Willard WatermanCharles McEstwayScore: 8.1
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Don Weis (Director), Max Shulman (Screenplay),

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