The Golden Fleecing

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The Golden Fleecing

"One Kiss TURNED HIM FROM A MOUSE INTO A RAGING LION!"

1940

1h 4m

5.9(7 votes)

Crime

Comedy

Overview

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

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53 members

Acting

Lew Ayres

Henry Twinkle

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Rita Johnson

Mary Blake

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Lloyd Nolan

Gus Fender

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Virginia Grey

Lila Hanley

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Leon Errol

Uncle Waldo Burke

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Nat Pendleton

'Fatso' Werner

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George Lessey

Buckley Sloan

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Richard Carle

Pattington

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Ralph Byrd

Larry Kelly

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Marc Lawrence

'Happy' Dugan

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Thurston Hall

Charles Engel

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James Burke

Sibley

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Spencer Charters

Justice of Peace

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William Demarest

Swallow

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Ernie Alexander

Clerk (uncredited)

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Gladys Blake

First Stenographer (uncredited)

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John Butler

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Bobby Callahan

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Jack Daley

Mary's Lawyer (uncredited)

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Leigh De Lacey

Scrubwoman (uncredited)

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John Dilson

Cashier (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

McGurk (uncredited)

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Jay Eaton

Clerk (uncredited)

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Maude Eburne

Landlady (uncredited)

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James Flavin

Cop (uncredited)

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Jack Gardner

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

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Pat Gleason

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Fred Graham

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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George Guhl

Night Elevator Man (uncredited)

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John Hamilton

Judge (uncredited)

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Tom Herbert

Aide (uncredited)

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Edward Keane

Barney aka Derby Hat (uncredited)

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Fred Kelsey

Cop (uncredited)

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Edward Kilroy

Clerk (uncredited)

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Claude King

Clerk (uncredited)

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Hal Le Sueur

Clerk (uncredited)

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Ralph McCullough

Elevator Starter (uncredited)

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Claire McDowell

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Horace McMahon

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

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Frances Morris

Clerk (uncredited)

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Jack Mulhall

Reporter (uncredited)

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Arthur O'Connell

Cameraman (uncredited)

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Claire Owen

Second Stenographer (uncredited)

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Emory Parnell

Featherway (uncredited)

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Paul Phillips

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Cyril Ring

Cameraman (uncredited)

Directing

Rudolf Steinboeck

Clerk (uncredited)

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Harry Tyler

Thug (uncredited)

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Herb Vigran

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Ray Walker

Reporter (uncredited)

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Bryant Washburn Jr.

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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