Florida Special

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Florida Special

1936

1h 7m

6.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Overview

A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.

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53 members

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Jack Oakie

Bangs Tucker

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Sally Eilers

Jerry Quinn

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Kent Taylor

Wally Nelson

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Frances Drake

Marina Stafford

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J. Farrell MacDonald

Harrigan

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Sam Hearn

Schlepperman (as Sam "Schlepperman" Hearn)

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Jack Heller

Singer (as Little Jackie Heller)

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Claude Gillingwater

Simeon Stafford

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Sidney Blackmer

Jack Macklyn

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Matthew Betz

Herman Weil

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Dwight Frye

Jenkins

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Garry Owen

Joe

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Clyde Dilson

Dominic

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Mack Gray

Louie

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Stanley Andrews

Armstrong

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Jack Adair

Window Cleaner (uncredited)

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James Adamson

Porter (uncredited)

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Ricca Allen

(uncredited)

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Herbert Ashley

Brakeman (uncredited)

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Irene Bennett

Train Passenger (uncredited)

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Harry C. Bradley

Conductor (uncredited)

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Wheaton Chambers

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Jill Dean

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Billy Dooley

Drunk

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Ann Evers

(uncredited)

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Betty Farrington

Prunella, at the Bar (uncredited)

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Eddie Fetherston

Groom (uncredited)

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Sam Flint

Doctor (uncredited)

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Wilma Francis

(uncredited)

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Billy Griffith

Mifflin (uncredited)

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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Wrestler (uncredited)

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Will Herman

Porter (uncredited)

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Robert Homans

Police Captain (uncredited)

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Esther Howard

Flirtatious Dowager (uncredited)

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Virginia Howell

Nosey Woman (uncredited)

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William Jeffrey

Railroad Official (uncredited)

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Willie Keeler

Wrestler (uncredited)

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Jean Laverty

Violet (uncredited)

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Margaret Mann

Old Lady (uncredited)

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David Mitchell

Telegraph Boy (uncredited)

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Charles R. Moore

George, the Porter (uncredited)

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Bob Perry

Manager (uncredited)

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Dewey Robinson

Skeets (uncredited)

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Henry Roquemore

Salesman (uncredited)

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Francis Sayles

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Charles Sherlock

Barman (uncredited)

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Louise Small

Bride (uncredited)

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Oscar Smith

Waiter (uncredited)

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Ben Taggart

Trainmaster (uncredited)

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Tommy Tobin

Child (uncredited)

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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Waiter (uncredited)

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Freddy Welsh

Pete (uncredited)

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Norman Willis

"Cockeyed" Nurse (uncredited)

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