Released:
1944-03-17

Overview:
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck, a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven, whose sister Ulda happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin. After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.

Director:
Harry Joe Brown

Runtime:
1h 25min

Genre:
Music, Comedy, History

• Cast:
• 
  Nelson Eddy
  as
  Brom Broeck
• 
  Charles Coburn
  as
  Peter Stuyvesant
• 
  Constance Dowling
  as
  Tina Tienhoven
• 
  Ernest Cossart
  as
  Tienhoven
• 
  Shelley Winters
  as
  Ulda Tienhoven