The Covered Trailer

Nov 10, 1939

1h 6m

★ 0.0

Overview

The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

The Covered Trailer Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Joe Higgins

James Gleason

Lil Higgins

Lucile Gleason

Sidney Higgins

Russell Gleason

Grandpa Ed Carson

Harry Davenport

Betty Higgins

Mary Beth Hughes

Tommy Higgins

Tommy Ryan

Bill Williams

Maurice Murphy

Widow Ella Jones

Maude Eburne

Sheriff

Spencer Charters

Otto

Tom Kennedy

E. L. Beamish

Hobart Cavanaugh

Horace Cartwright

Pierre Watkin

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