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Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker

Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel

Genres

ComedyRomance

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Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

75 mins

Rating

5.385/10

Release Date

26 December 1930

Country

United States of America

Cast

Bert Wheeler

Bert Wheeler

Wilbur Boswell

Robert Woolsey

Robert Woolsey

Addington Ganzy

Dorothy Lee

Dorothy Lee

Mary Marsh

Jobyna Howland

Jobyna Howland

Mrs. Rebecca Marsh

Natalie Moorhead

Natalie Moorhead

Duchess Bessie Von Essie

Hugh Herbert

Hugh Herbert

Hotel House Detective

George F. Marion

George F. Marion

Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy

William B. Davidson

William B. Davidson

Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)

Stanley Fields

Stanley Fields

McKay, Blackwell Henchman

Ralf Harolde

Ralf Harolde

John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie

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