You Said a Mouthful

Dec 8, 1932

1h 11m

★ 5.0

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T LAUGHED SINCE 1929!

Overview

Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

Joe Holt

Joe E. Brown

Alice Brandon

Ginger Rogers

Ed Dover

Preston Foster

Sam Wellington

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

Harry Daniels

Harry Gribbon

Dr. Vorse

Edwin Maxwell

Cora Norton

Sheila Terry

Tom Brandon

Walter Walker

Armstrong (uncredited)

Oscar Apfel

Porter (uncredited)

Spencer Bell

Judge's Assistant (uncredited)

Don Brodie

Roger Colby (uncredited)

William Burress

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