The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

Following in the fun-packed footsteps of The Fuller Brush Man!

NR 1950 · 80 min · ★ 6.3 · Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon · Written by Roy Huggins

Your Rating

Cast

Jack Carson Biff Jones
Lola Albright Margie Bellew
Jean Wallace Bonnie Conroy
George Reeves Stuart Nagle
Peter Miles Johnny Bellew
Frank Ferguson Insp. Quint
David Sharpe Slick
Chick Collins Fats
Eddie Parker John
Pat Flaherty Officer Rhodes
Richard Egan Officer Daley
Arthur Space Officer Daley

Make it a double feature

3h 4m together

The Good Humor Man

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

Both from Lloyd Bacon.

More from Lloyd BaconSee all →

No Defense

No Defense · 1929

MovieRomanceDrama

No Defense is a 1929 romantic drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Monte Blue. It was a silent film with part talking and sound-effects by the Vitaphone Company. It was distributed by Warner Brothers.

White Flannels

White Flannels · 1927

MovieDramaRomance

A smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz, stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank Politz to local girl Anne, because she, as the wife of Jacob Politz, an ill-educated coal miner, believes their son should obtain a college education.

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now · 1947

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's

My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine · 1946

My Darling Clementine

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

Action in the North Atlantic

Action in the North Atlantic · 1943

Action in the North Atlantic

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.

Easy Street

Easy Street · 1917

MovieComedyAction

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark · 1941

Footsteps in the Dark

MovieComedyMystery

A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of problems when his wife wants to know about his little disappearances and exceptionally late nights out.

42nd Street

42nd Street · 1933

MovieComedyDrama

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.

Picture Snatcher

Picture Snatcher · 1933

Picture Snatcher

MovieComedyCrime

An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade · 1933

Footlight Parade

MovieComedyMusic

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

In Caliente

In Caliente · 1935

MovieComedyMusic

At a Mexican resort, a fast-talking magazine editor woos the dancer he's trashed in print.

Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid · 1940

MovieComedyCrime

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.

Marked Woman

Marked Woman · 1937

MovieCrimeDrama

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

The Tramp

The Tramp · 1915

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.

The Champion

The Champion · 1915

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.

Golden Girl

Golden Girl · 1951

MovieDramaWestern

Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.

More Like This

Family of Cops

Family of Cops · 1995

MovieActionCrime

Paul Fein is a veteran police detective whose son Eddie is also a cop. Paul is assigned to investigate the murder of a prominent businessman, and he soon learns that the field of suspects has been narrowed down to two—the victim's sexually freewheeling wife Anna, and Paul's wild-child daughter Jackie. Neither Paul nor Eddie believe that Jackie could have committed the murder, and soon Paul is using himself as a decoy in a bid to find out more about what Anna does and doesn't know about her husband's death.

Birds of Passage

Birds of Passage · 2018

Birds of Passage

MovieDramaCrime

During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

The Perfect Host

The Perfect Host · 2010

The Perfect Host

MovieComedyThriller

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.

Now You See Me

Now You See Me · 2013

MovieThrillerCrime

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson · 2026

The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson

MovieDocumentaryCrime

An intimate, arresting portrait of cyclist Moriah Wilson—raised by a fierce, loving family—whose singular drive becomes her superpower, carrying her to athletic brilliance and, devastatingly, toward a life cut short by murder.

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher · 2012

MovieCrimeDrama

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military sniper who is quickly brought into custody. The interrogation yields one written note: 'Get Jack Reacher!'. Reacher, an enigmatic ex-Army investigator, believes the authorities have the right man but agrees to help the sniper's defense attorney. However, the more Reacher delves into the case, the less clear-cut it appears. So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

A Violent Separation

A Violent Separation · 2019

A Violent Separation

MovieCrimeThriller

1983. In a quiet Midwestern town, a young deputy covers up a murder at the hands of his brother triggering a series of events that sends them and the victim's family towards a shattering climax.

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

Successive Slidings of Pleasure · 1974

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

MovieMysteryCrime

A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.

Tough Guys Don't Dance

Tough Guys Don't Dance · 1987

Tough Guys Don't Dance

MovieComedyCrime

Tim Madden awakens one morning to discover a fresh tattoo on his arm, his car covered in blood, his girlfriend in bed with the town sheriff, and a woman's severed head in his weed stash. Sensing a setup and in desperate need to clear his name, he begins an investigation that soon begins to expose a web of corruption in the small coastal community of Provincetown.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter