Crook's Tour
ShortComedy
Director
Robert F. McGowan
Writers
N/A
Stars
Douglas Wakefield, Billy Nelson, Gertrude Astor
Release Date
September 23, 1933
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Douglas Wakefield
as The Duke of Wakefield
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Billy Nelson
as Billy
Gertrude Astor
as Mrs. Dorigan
Nina Quartero
as Unfaithful Wife
Alberta Vaughn
as Molly Dorigan
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Baby Alice Raetz
as Lilly Dorigan
Richard Cramer
as Stephen Dorigan
Jack Barty
as Bartender
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Jack Hill
as Wedding Guest
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Hal Roach Studios
🎯 Categories
ComedyShort
⭐ Featured Review
Very funny Hal Roach short
"Seen at Cinecon 37, the story is about a down-and-out Englishman who, mistaken for a duke, is invited (for a consideration of $50.00) to meet the wife of a gangster who is a passenger on a boat chartered by gangsters. When he cannot initially find his wife, the gangster tells the "duke" to remain in his room with his daughter while he finds the wife. The daughter (played, I believe, by Baby Alice Raetz) then performs one of the most devastatingly funny Mae West imitations I have ever seen. Other silly misadventures follow. This film is not top-drawer Hal Roach, but, given the lack of..."
💡 Did You Know?
A print of this short survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
📖 Synopsis
No synopsis available.