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It's in the Bag!

  • 1945
  • Passed
  • 1h 27m
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6.7/10
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Don Ameche, William Bendix, Jack Benny, Binnie Barnes, Fred Allen, Robert Benchley, Jerry Colonna, Victor Moore, and Rudy Vallee in It's in the Bag! (1945)
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
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The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

  • Director
    • Richard Wallace
  • Writers
    • Lewis R. Foster
    • Fred Allen
    • Jay Dratler
  • Stars
    • Fred Allen
    • Jack Benny
    • Don Ameche
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    618
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Wallace
    • Writers
      • Lewis R. Foster
      • Fred Allen
      • Jay Dratler
    • Stars
      • Fred Allen
      • Jack Benny
      • Don Ameche
    • 27User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Fred Allen
    Fred Allen
    • Fred F. Trumble Floogle
    Jack Benny
    Jack Benny
    • Jack Benny
    Don Ameche
    Don Ameche
    • Don Ameche
    William Bendix
    William Bendix
    • William Bendix
    Victor Moore
    Victor Moore
    • Victor Moore
    Rudy Vallee
    Rudy Vallee
    • Rudy Vallee
    Binnie Barnes
    Binnie Barnes
    • Eve Floogle
    Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley
    • Parker
    Jerry Colonna
    Jerry Colonna
    • Dr. Greengrass - Psychiatrist
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    • Jefferson T. Pike
    Gloria Pope
    • Marion Floogle
    William Terry
    William Terry
    • Perry Parker
    Minerva Pious
    • Mrs. Pansy Nussbaum
    Richard Tyler
    • Homer Floogle
    • (as Dickie Tyler)
    Sidney Toler
    Sidney Toler
    • Detective Sully
    George Cleveland
    George Cleveland
    • Busby - Hotel Manager
    John Miljan
    John Miljan
    • Mr. Arnold
    Ben Welden
    Ben Welden
    • Monty - Bookie
    • Director
      • Richard Wallace
    • Writers
      • Lewis R. Foster
      • Fred Allen
      • Jay Dratler
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    • Trivia
      On one of Fred Allen's "Texaco Star Theater" radio broadcasts around 1941, Allen joked that Don Ameche was playing so many real-life characters in movies that if he wasn't careful Ameche would play Don Ameche in a movie one of these days. In this picture, Ameche indeed played himself in a scene opposite Fred Allen.
    • Goofs
      When Parker is showing the Floogles his son's mousetrap he shows how the entry teeter board works by moving it. After a cut to the Floogles and back to Parker, he's moving the teeter board the same way again.
    • Quotes

      Fred F. Trumble Floogle: [being asked by a reporter about the economic situations] I'm glad you asked that. It's pitching, it's pinching me under the shoulder.

    • Crazy credits
      Before the final card at the end of the movie, Fred Allen breaks the fourth wall one more time and says to the audience "Folks, you've got to come back to the next show, immediate seats on the inside."
    • Connections
      Featured in Maltin on Movies: Identity Thief (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Sunday, Monday or Always
      (1943) (uncredited)
      Music By Jimmy Van Heusen
      Lyrics by Johnny Burke
      Sung briefly by Frank Sinatra on a phonograph record

    User reviews27

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    Pretty darn funny!
    "It's in the Bag" is pretty obscure, but it's very funny. I am a big fan of old radio comedy shows, and thus was interested in seeing Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and other OTR personalities in a movie. Jerry Colonna as a nutty psychiatrist is the funniest role in the movie. Lots of good typical one-liners from Allen, and the opening, featuring Allen making sarcastic comments about the credits as they appear on the screen, was, I presume, a very original idea for a 1940s movie. If your local video store has this movie and you want some good laughs, check this one out.
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    • Release date
      • April 21, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Grapevine Video (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Fifth Chair
    • Production company
      • Manhattan Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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