poster

1935

NR (10/10/1935) (US)

Comedy,

1h 20m

50

User Score

THEY PUT A NEW HIGH IN HILARITY!

Overview

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

1935

50

User Score

NR (10/10/1935) (US)

Comedy,

1h 20m

THEY PUT A NEW HIGH IN HILARITY!

Overview

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.

Cast

Jack Benny

Jack Benny

Calvin Churchill

Ted Healy

Ted Healy

'Clip' McGurk

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Alice Lane Churchill

Nat Pendleton

Nat Pendleton

Henry Potke

Mary Carlisle

Mary Carlisle

Grace Gridley

Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

W. R. Gridley

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Sidney Kendall

Charles Trowbridge

Charles Trowbridge

Alfred Drake

Johnny Arthur

Johnny Arthur

Jones, Photographer

Al Shean

Al Shean

Mr. Johnson

Purnell Pratt

Purnell Pratt

Horace McNab

Phillips Smalley

Phillips Smalley

Mr. Winterby

Jim Toney

Jim Toney

Curly, House Detective

Maude Allen

Maude Allen

Mrs. Smith Burlington

Clarence Wilson

Clarence Wilson

Amos Whipple

Jean Acker

Jean Acker

(uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Counterman (uncredited)