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Kickin' the Crown Around

Kickin' the Crown Around

1933Short⏱️ 19mPassed
ShortComedy
6.6
IMDB Rating
48 votes

Smugglers are on the loose and a thriving black market in salami is plaguing the nation. Clark and McCullough are hired to catch the smugglers. They are soon up to their ears in salami.

Director
Sam White
Writers
Ben Holmes, Baker Burns Kaye
Stars
Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, Ferdinand Munier
Release Date
August 4, 1933
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Bobby Clark
Bobby Clark
as Blackstone - The 'Diplomat'
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Paul McCullough
as Blodgett - The 'Diplomat'
Ferdinand Munier
Ferdinand Munier
as King Phooey
Leni Stengel
Leni Stengel
as The Queen
Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald
as Disputin
Charles Irwin
Charles Irwin
as Nikki, the Prime Minister
Neal Burns
Neal Burns
as Messenger
Eddie Baker
Eddie Baker
as Manager - Wiggle Inn
Buster Brodie
Buster Brodie
as King's Page
Billy Franey
Billy Franey
as Wiggle Inn Pie Customer

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
RKO Radio Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

fictional kingdomsmugglersscrewball comedyreference to the great depressionreference to prohibition

🎯 Categories

SlapstickComedyShort

⭐ Featured Review

The Untouchables take on the salami racket
by bkoganbing2014-02-18
7/10

"In this small Ruritanian nation the 18,000 amendment to their constitution has outlawed salami. Any cold cut over a 4% garlic content is deemed to be bad for you. But there's a smuggling operation of illegal salami going on in his country and King Ferdinand Munier has hired Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough to be his Untouchables and seek out and destroy the import of illegal salami. But that's hard to do with Queen Leni Stengel having a taste for the stuff. She and her shadowy counselor Disputin with appropriate long black beard played by Francis McDonald are the ones ultimately behi..."

💡 Did You Know?

This film opens with footage originally shot for the RKO comedy Diplomaniacs (1933). Edgar Kennedy and Richard Alexander are briefly seen in this stock footage.

📖 Synopsis

Smugglers are on the loose and a thriving black market in salami is plaguing the nation. Clark and McCullough are hired to catch the smugglers. They are soon up to their ears in salami.