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1951 | 107m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | George Sidney |
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| Writer: | John Lee Mahin, Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Staring: |
| A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 19, 1951 |
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| Director: | George Sidney |
| Writer: | John Lee Mahin, Edna Ferber, Oscar Hammerstein II |
| Genres: | Drama, Music, Romance |
| Keywords | grandparent grandchild relationship, musical, interracial relationship, based on play or musical, riverboat, reconciliation, showboat, miscegenation, paddlewheel boat |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $11,000,000
Budget: $2,300,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kathryn Grayson | Magnolia Hawks |
| Ava Gardner | Julie LaVerne |
| Howard Keel | Gaylord Ravenal |
| Joe E. Brown | Cap'n Andy Hawks |
| Marge Champion | Ellie May Shipley |
| Gower Champion | Frank Schultz |
| Robert Sterling | Steven Baker |
| Agnes Moorehead | Parthy Hawks |
| Leif Erickson | Pete |
| William Warfield | Joe |
| Linda Christian | Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Racetrack spectator (uncredited) |
| Adele Jergens | Cameo McQueen (uncredited) |
| Anna Q. Nilsson | Seamstress (uncredited) |
| Bert Roach | Drunk (uncredited) |
| Regis Toomey | Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Tuttle | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Chick Chandler | Trocadero Stage Assistant (uncredited) |
| Roy Damron | Chorus Boy (uncredited) |
| Norman Leavitt | George the Calliope Player (uncredited) |
| Louis Mercier | Dabney - Poker Player (uncredited) |
| Emory Parnell | Jake Green (uncredited) |
| Frank Wilcox | Gambler Mark Hallson (uncredited) |
| George Ford | Chorus Boy (uncredited) |
| Robert Fortier | Chorus Boy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| John D. Dunning | Editor |
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| George Rhein | Assistant Director |
| George Sidney | Director |
| John Lee Mahin | Screenplay |
| Jerome Kern | Original Music Composer, Songs, Theatre Play |
| Edna Ferber | Novel |
| Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Oscar Hammerstein II | Lyricist, Book, Theatre Play |
| Name | Title |
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| Arthur Freed | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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