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Hook, Line and Sinker (1930 Pre-Code Slapstick Comedy film)
Directed by Edward F. Cline from a screenplay by Ralph Spence and Tim Whelan. It was the third starring vehicle for the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey), and also featured Dorothy Lee. It would be one of the largest financial successes for RKO Pictures in 1930.
Plot
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen — Wilbur Boswell and J. Addington Ganzy — help penniless socialite Mary Marsh to turn a dilapidated hotel, which was willed to her, into a thriving success. They soon run into trouble, however, in the form of two sets of rival gangsters who want to break into the hotel safe; also, Mary's mother, Rebecca Marsh, wants her to marry wealthy lawyer John Blackwell, although Mary has fallen in love with Wilbur.
Cast
Bert Wheeler as Wilbur Boswell
Robert Woolsey as Addington Ganzy
Dorothy Lee as Mary Marsh
Jobyna Howland as Rebecca Marsh
Ralf Harolde as John Blackwell (Buffalo Blackie)
William B. Davidson as Frank Dukette (Duke of Winchester)
Natalie Moorhead as Duchess Bessie Von Essie
George F. Marion as Ritz De La Rivera Bellboy
Hugh Herbert as Hotel House Detective
Stanley Fields as McKay
Reception
The film made a profit of $225,000, and would be one of the top two money earners for RKO Radio Pictures in 1930.
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