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Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 60GoodWatch 39
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 27 min
Shorter than most comedies, −13 min on the typical 100
typical 10087Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 139 countries
+129Released
1941
February 18, 1941
85 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 12 more16 people
- Adolphe MenjouCol. Carleton Carroway
- Carole LandisPenguin Moore
- John HubbardDrogo Gaines
- Charles ButterworthHarry Whitman
- Patsy KellyJinx
- George E. StoneIndian
- MRMargaret RoachPriscilla
- Polly Ann YoungHelen Newton
- Edward NorrisEd Newton
Marjorie WoodworthAlice
Florence BatesMrs. Newton
Willie BestWillie
Shemp HowardMoe Parker (uncredited)
Lee 'Lasses' WhiteConstable (uncredited)
Clarence WilsonSheriff (uncredited)
Bess FlowersMember of Carnival Audience (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Hal Roach Director, Producer
Writing · 4
- Arnold Belgard Screenplay
- Harry Langdon Screenplay
- Mickell Novack Screenplay
- Eric S. Hatch Novel
Camera · 1
- Norbert Brodine Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Bert Jordan Editor
Sound · 2
- George Stoll Original Music Composer
- William Randall Sr. Sound Recordist
Art · 2
- William Stevens Set Decoration
- Charles D. Hall Art Direction
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