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"The Mystery-Comedy adventures of a Wise Chick who lays for a lot of Bad Eggs in the Terrors of a Mail"

1927

1h 10m

7.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Louise Fazenda

Louise Fazenda

Dora Traynor

John T. Murray

John T. Murray

Homer Fairchild

Helene Costello

Helene Costello

Jacqueline Norton

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Vamp

George Nichols

George Nichols

S.V. Sweeney

Martha Mattox

Martha Mattox

Mother Malone

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

The Bandoline Kid

William Demarest

William Demarest

Cuffs Egan

Bob Perry

Hard-Boiled Ryan (as Robert Perry)

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)

Creative team

Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
Written by: Arthur Somers Roche

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