Hook, Line and Sinker

Dec 26, 1930

1h 15m

★ 5.4

Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Wilbur Boswell

Bert Wheeler

Addington Ganzy

Robert Woolsey

Mary Marsh

Dorothy Lee

Mrs. Rebecca Marsh

Jobyna Howland

Duchess Bessie Von Essie

Natalie Moorhead

Hotel House Detective

Hugh Herbert

Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy

George F. Marion

Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)

William B. Davidson

McKay, Blackwell Henchman

Stanley Fields

John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie

Ralf Harolde

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