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Peg-legged tyrant Peter Stuyvesant (Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to rule the city, uproot the old order and install his own — no graft. Brom Breck (Eddy) expects the new governor to right all the wrongs of past administrations, but when he discovers that Stuyvesant is a bigger crook than the ones already in power, he steals Stuyvesant’s bejeweled wooden leg and won’t give it back until the governor reforms. The memorable songs include “September Song,” and among the many funny characters you’ll find a petite Shelley Winters and Percy Kilbride playing in a role that foreshadows the “Pa Kettle” character he immortalized just a few years later.
Original Release
03/17/1944
US Release
03/17/1944
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill, Thomas Lennon, David Boehm, Rowland Leigh, Harold Goldman
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Dick Baldwin | First Pal |
Sven Hugo Borg | Swedish Colonist |
Harry C. Bradley | Councilman |
George Bunny | Old Man |
Bruce Cameron | Tumbler |
Chester Conklin | Town Trumpeter |
Connie Conrad | A Councilman's Wife |
Herbert Corthell | Captain |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1945 | Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture | Nominated |