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Hold 'Em Jail

They turn the Big House into the Bug House!

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

1h 6m1932NRTMDb 6.8

Comedy

English

Crew and Cast

Norman TaurogNorman TaurogDirectorBert WheelerBert WheelerCurley HarrisRobert WoolseyRobert WoolseySpider RobbinsEdna May OliverEdna May OliverViolet JonesRobert ArmstrongRobert ArmstrongSports Announcer InmateRoscoe AtesRoscoe AtesSlippery Sam BrownEdgar KennedyEdgar KennedyWarden Elmer JonesBetty GrableBetty GrableBarbara JonesWarren HymerWarren HymerSteele
Paul HurstButchG. Pat CollinsG. Pat CollinsWhiteyJed ProutyJed ProutyLynwood Warden Charles ClarkSpencer ChartersSpencer ChartersGovernorJohn SheehanJohn SheehanMike MaloneyWard BondWard BondFootball Player

Storyline

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

  • RKO Radio Pictures

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Info

Status
Released
Released
19 August 1932
Runtime
1h 6m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
6.8 / 10 (6 votes)

Production

Director
Norman Taurog
Writers
Walter DeLeon, S.J. Perelman, Eddie Welch
Studios
RKO Radio Pictures
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English