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5.3 / 10 IMDb January 22, 1945 1h 9m
A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).
Director
Runtime
1h 9m
Release Date
January 22, 1945
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Music
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Producers
Cast
Arthur Lake
as Sanford "Sandy" Elliott
Dale Evans
as June Mayfield
Lionel Stander
as Joe Bagley
George Meeker
as Wally Porter
Paul Hurst
as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
Sammy Stein
as "Boris The Bulgar", a wrestler
Marjorie Manners
as Mitzi
Emmett Lynn
as Franklin D. Ripbogle Jr.
Douglas Wood
as Dr. Dinwiddle
Louis Adlon
as Leopold Muckenfuss
Vince Barnett
as Voice Student
Harry Depp
as G. Whitmore Peabody
Ariel Heath
as Goldie
Leo White
as Picasso Putschnik
Robert Homans
as Police Captain
Milton Kibbee
as Slaughterhouse Shannon
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Anson Weeks
as Himself, a bandleader
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Dan Tobey
as Wrestling Announcer
Production Companies
Spence-Williams Productions
Republic PicturesAdvertisement
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