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17 December 1936 (Denmark)
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Alexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make...
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Very Good 30's-Style Comedy
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(Credited cast) | Joe E. Brown | ... | Alexander Botts |
| June Travis | ... | Mabel Johnson |
| Guy Kibbee | ... | Sam Johnson |
| Dick Foran | ... | Emmet McManus |
| Carol Hughes | ... | Sally Blair |
 | Gene Lockhart | ... | George Healey |
| Olin Howland | ... | Mr. Blair |
| Joseph Crehan | ... | Mr. Henderson |
| Rosalind Marquis | ... | Telephone Girl |
| Charles C. Wilson | ... | H.J. Russell (as Charles Wilson) |
| William B. Davidson | ... | Mr. Jackson (as William Davidson) |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Taxicab Driver |
| Stuart Holmes | ... | The Doctor |
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A Natural Born Salesman (UK)
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69 min
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Actress Sarah Edwards, while listed in preview credits and shown in at least one still from "Earthworm Tractors" as Mrs. Blair, was cut from final release prints. She is probably best known for her role as Mrs. Hatch in It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
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Crew or equipment visible: In the opening shot, the cameraman can be seen reflected in Dick Foran's car window.
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"Earthworm Tractors" is a very good 30's-style comedy, with pleasantly silly main characters and a story designed to set up some good comic sequences. It's the kind of movie that can easily come out badly if not done with some skill, but this one is done nicely and it works.
Joe E. Brown plays Alexander Botts, a self-described born salesman and master mechanic, whose real talent is for getting in over his head. His attempts to make a big sale of tractors to grumpy, old-fashioned lumberman Johnson (Guy Kibbee) lead him into one disaster after another. Much of it is stock humor, but it is pleasantly done, and there are some particularly funny sequences of the tractor rampaging out of control. Kibbee and Brown are both good, giving deliberately exaggerated performances that work well. It's mostly a two-man show, but the rest of the cast does well when called on.
Anyone who likes comedies of the era should enjoy this film. It's very pleasant, and at times is hilarious.