Comedy · United States of America · 1927 · 1h 10m

Rubber Heels

Director

Cast

Ed Wynn as Homer Thrush Thelma Todd as Princess Aline Chester Conklin as Tennyson Hawks Robert Andrews as Tom Raymond John Harrington as Grogan Bradley Barker as Gentleman Joe

Crew

J. Roy Hunt — Director of Photography Thomas J. Crizer — Writer Ray Harris — Writer Sam Mintz — Writer J. Clarkson Miller — Writer

Tagline

Ed Wynn, a rubber heeled "gumshoe" and Chester Conklin, the master mind of crookdom! Look at this team and scream with laughter!

Synopsis

A European royal couple come to New York to sell some of the royal family's crown jewels. A gang of international jewel thieves is planning to steal the gems, so a private detective is assigned to guard them. Unfortunately the private eye turns out to be a bumbling, inept fool--or so everyone thinks.

Mood & Themes

private detective

Key Collaborators

Victor Heerman Director J. Roy Hunt Director of Photography Thomas J. Crizer Writer Ray Harris Writer Sam Mintz Writer J. Clarkson Miller Writer

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