"A Kisser-Diller of a Comedy Thriller!"

1946

1h 23m

7.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.

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Cast & Crew

12 members

Acting

Willard Parker

Mitchell Raymond

Acting

Marguerite Chapman

Marcia Winthrop

Acting

Chester Morris

Barry Cole

Acting

Janis Carter

Josie Hart

Acting

Hugh Herbert

Eustace P. Trumble

Acting

Dusty Anderson

Capt. Henderson

Acting

Jerome Cowan

A.J. Gunther

Acting

Irving Bacon

Train Conductor

Acting

Roscoe Karns

Hobie Simmons

Acting

Frank Sully

Hopkins

Acting

Frank Jenks

Jensen

Acting

Lewis L. Russell

Roger Winthrop

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