Comedy · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 6m

Hold 'Em Jail

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Director

Cast

Bert Wheeler as Curley Harris Robert Woolsey as Spider Robbins Edna May Oliver as Violet Jones Robert Armstrong as Sports Announcer Inmate Roscoe Ates as Slippery Sam Brown Edgar Kennedy as Warden Elmer Jones

Crew

Leonard Smith — Director of Photography Arthur Roberts — Editor Mark Sandrich — Screenplay Walter DeLeon — Screenplay Eddie Welch — Screenplay S.J. Perelman — Screenplay

Tagline

They turn the Big House into the Bug House!

Synopsis

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

Mood & Themes

prison sports american football pre-code

Key Collaborators

Norman Taurog Director Leonard Smith Director of Photography Arthur Roberts Editor Mark Sandrich Screenplay Walter DeLeon Screenplay Eddie Welch Screenplay S.J. Perelman Screenplay Lew Lupton Story Tim Whelan Story

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