Show Boat

Here's a film unafraid to ask: what if Oklahoma! but on a boat? Gambler Gaylord Ravenal falls for Magnolia Hawks, whose mother and father run the Cotton Blossom show boat. It's a reasonably sturdy, undeniably stagey, MGM musical.

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George Sidney directed Show Boat in 1951. See George Sidney's full filmography, where to start with George Sidney, or where to go after you've seen everything by George Sidney.

Show Boat was released in 1951 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 107 minutes.