It's in the Bag!

Apr 21, 1945

1h 27m

★ 5.7

Fred bagged the best for his merry 12 million dollar murder mystery!

Overview

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Manhattan Productions

United Artists

It's in the Bag! Trailers

Cast

Fred Floogle

Fred Allen

Eve Floogle

Binnie Barnes

Jack Benny

Don Ameche

William Bendix

Victor Moore

Rudy Vallee

Parker

Robert Benchley

Dr. Greengrass

Jerry Colonna

Jefferson T. Pike

John Carradine

Marion Floogle

Gloria Pope

Perry Parker

William Terry

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

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6.8

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6.4

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4.3

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6.1

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7.6

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6.5

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5.0

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4.2

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5.3

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4.8

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4.8

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