Directed by:
Edward F. ClineScreenplay:
W.C. FieldsCinematography:
Milton R. KrasnerComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph, Franklin Pangborn, Dick Purcell, Russell Hicks, Carey Loftin, Eddie Acuff, Kay Sutton (more)Plots(1)
W.C. Fields stars as Egbert Souse, an unemployed, henpecked drunk who spends most of his time at the Black Pussy Cat Café. But things take a turn for the absurd when Souse inadvertently captures a bank robber and is rewarded with a job as a security guard. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
W.C. Fields
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Una Merkel
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Evelyn Del Rio
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Eddie Acuff
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Mary Field
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