The Toast of New Orleans

Aug 24, 1950

1h 37m

★ 5.2

M-G-M's Technicolor fiesta!

Overview

Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love.

Genres

Drama

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Suzette Micheline

Kathryn Grayson

Pepe Abellard Duvalle

Mario Lanza

Jacques Riboudeaux

David Niven

Nicky Duvalle

J. Carrol Naish

Pierre

James Mitchell

Maestro P. Trellini

Richard Hageman

Oscar

Clinton Sundberg

Mayor

Sig Arno

Tina

Rita Moreno

Manuelo

Romo Vincent

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