According to IMDb, there are two versions of the film--an original and one edited down for TV. This review is for the original version.
This film stars Sid Melton--a burlesque-style comic who made a few very undistinguished movie appearances during the 1950s (in fact, many of them were simply awful). Later, he gained some fame on "The Danny Thomas Show" and as Alf Monroe on TV's "Green Acres". Melton died just a couple months back at the ripe old age of 94.
Sid plays a cab driver married to a shrewish lady (Iris Adrian). You're bound to recognize Adrian if you like old-time television and films, as she had 160 appearances to her credit. Her bossy, loud-mouth character in "Stop That Cab" is pretty typical of the sort of roles she had over the years. As far as the plot goes, well, there really isn't much of one. Throughout the film, all kinds of bad things happen to Sid--though many of them turn out to be dreams. This episodic style, while far from brilliant, had a few decent moments here and there and seemed to fit Melton's style pretty well. Not a brilliant film, but very watchable and oddly entertaining.
This film stars Sid Melton--a burlesque-style comic who made a few very undistinguished movie appearances during the 1950s (in fact, many of them were simply awful). Later, he gained some fame on "The Danny Thomas Show" and as Alf Monroe on TV's "Green Acres". Melton died just a couple months back at the ripe old age of 94.
Sid plays a cab driver married to a shrewish lady (Iris Adrian). You're bound to recognize Adrian if you like old-time television and films, as she had 160 appearances to her credit. Her bossy, loud-mouth character in "Stop That Cab" is pretty typical of the sort of roles she had over the years. As far as the plot goes, well, there really isn't much of one. Throughout the film, all kinds of bad things happen to Sid--though many of them turn out to be dreams. This episodic style, while far from brilliant, had a few decent moments here and there and seemed to fit Melton's style pretty well. Not a brilliant film, but very watchable and oddly entertaining.