The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

An accident prone inventor (Red Skelton) of safety gadgets winds up driving a cab to prove the worth of his latest brainchild, an unbreakable windshield he calls Elastiglass. Meanwhile, a crooked lawyer (Edward Arnold) and a phony psychiatrist (Walter Slezak) plot to steal his secret formula. Directed by Jack Donohue (ASSAULT ON A QUEEN). Red Skelton is a problematic comic actor. You either love him or hate him. I'm rather indifferent toward him myself and I've enjoyed him as much as I've disliked him. This film is a mixed bag, full of slapstick and pratfalls and the chuckles tended to be few and far between. I think I laughed twice. It's not horrible, just tedious. The 1950 public apparently liked it enough to make it a hit. With Gloria DeHaven, James Gleason, Jay C. Flippen and Herbert Anderson.