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You bet ~ IT'S FUNNY a movietone laugh riot.

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

1h 25m1930NRTMDb 5.7

ComedyCrime

English

Crew and Cast

John FordJohn FordDirectorSpencer TracySpencer TracySaint LouisClaire LuceClaire LuceJudy FieldsWarren HymerWarren HymerDannemora DanHumphrey BogartHumphrey BogartSteve JordanWilliam Collier Sr.William Collier Sr.Pop
Joan Marie LawesJeanMarion AyeMarion AyeActressWard BondWard BondInmate Socked by Saint Louis
Joe BrownDeputy WardenBob BurnsBob BurnsSlim · Bazooka PlayerEddy ChandlerEddy ChandlerGuardEdythe ChapmanEdythe ChapmanMrs. JordanHarvey ClarkHarvey ClarkNashDick CurtisDick CurtisNew InmateMike DonlinMike DonlinUpstate Baseball ManagerNoel FrancisNoel FrancisSophie
Althea HenleyCynthia Jordan
Elizabeth KeatingMay
Helen KeatingJuneRichard KeeneRichard KeeneDickSharon LynnSharon LynnEdith La VerneGeorge MacFarlaneGeorge MacFarlaneWhiteleyWilbur MackWilbur MackHonest John JessupLouise MackintoshLouise MackintoshMrs. MasseyGoodee MontgomeryGoodee MontgomeryKitRobert Emmett O'ConnorRobert Emmett O'ConnorPrison WardenRobert ParrishRobert ParrishBoyClaude PaytonClaude PaytonGuardSteve PendletonSteve PendletonMorrisPat SomersetPat SomersetBeauchamp

Storyline

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

  • Fox Film Corporation

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Info

Status
Released
Released
10 October 1930
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
5.7 / 10 (32 votes)

Production

Director
John Ford
Writers
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Studios
Fox Film Corporation
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
Spanish, English