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6.1/10   37 votes
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Writers:
George Holland (play)
Nat Perrin (writer)
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Release Date:
5 March 1937 (USA) more
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Plot:
A seasoned con artist and his associates discover that their scheme to get rich by selling stock in a worthless gold mine is fraught with obstacles. full summary | add synopsis
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An hour well-spent. more (3 total)

Cast

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Guy Kibbee ... Malcom J. 'Dinky' Winthrop
Una Merkel ... Nancy Dorsey
Lynne Overman ... Steven 'Steve' Dorsey
Thurston Hall ... Major Manning
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Lazarus Hubert Gregory 'Cupid' Dougal (as Guinn Williams)
Frank M. Thomas ... Insp. Mallory
William Demarest ... Larry 'Horace' Tucker

Lucille Ball ... Ann 'Annie' Howell
Harry Tyler ... Mike Callahan

George Irving ... Warden
Bradley Page ... Salesman Hagar
Si Jenks ... Sam Taylor (as Cy Jenks)
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Runtime:
62 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #2915)

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
An hour well-spent., 28 November 2006
7/10
Author: mkilmer from United States

This on was a lot of fun. A reformed con man (Lynne Overman as "Steve Dorsey") gets lured back into the fraud business, having to lie to his beloved wife to do so. They're selling fake stock, and they hire a patsy, "Malcom Winthrop" to front it. He has the right name to make the deal sound sweet.

Guy Kibbee is brilliant as Winthrop, but you feel bad for the character as he is made to feel important when he is really a pawn. He tries to be helpful, but everything collapses on him. Meanwhile, the racket continues with the feds closing in.

It's interesting to note that a young Lucille Ball is in this film, but she's not yet given laughs. I wondered what if Ball had played the leading lady, "Ann Dosey"? No. It's not a funny role and Una Merkel plays it perhaps better than it merits.

It's a short movie and a few pretty good laughs.

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