Shoot the Works (film)
Shoot the Works is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon, Gene Fowler, Howard J. Green and Ben Hecht. It is based on the Gene Fowler and Harold Hecht 1932 play The Great Magoo (and not, despite the title, the 1931 musical revue Shoot the Works). The film stars Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Arline Judge and William Frawley. The film was released on June 29, 1934, by Paramount Pictures, preceding by three days the most rigorously enforced version of the Hollywood Production Code, which came into effect on July 1, 1934.[1][2]
| Shoot the Works | |
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| Directed by | Wesley Ruggles |
| Produced by | Albert Lewis Adolph Zukor |
| Screenplay by | Claude Binyon Gene Fowler Howard J. Green Ben Hecht |
| Starring | Jack Oakie Ben Bernie Dorothy Dell Alison Skipworth Roscoe Karns Arline Judge William Frawley |
| Cinematography | Leo Tover |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Cast
- Jack Oakie as Nicky Nelson
- Ben Bernie as Joe Davis
- Dorothy Dell as Lily Raquel
- Alison Skipworth as The Countess
- Roscoe Karns as Sailor Burke
- Arline Judge as Jackie Donovan
- William Frawley as Larry Hale
- Lew Cody as Axel Hanratty
- Paul Cavanagh as Alvin Ritchie
- Monte Vandergrift as Man from Board of Health
- Jill Dennett as Wanda
- Lee Kohlmar as Professor Jonas
- Tony Merlo as Headwaiter
- Ben Taggart as Detective
- Charles McAvoy as Cop
- Fred Lawrence as Crooner
References
- A.D.S. (1934-07-07). "Movie Review - Shoot the Works - ' Shoot the Works', a Laundered Film Version of 'The Great Magoo' at the Paramount". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- "Shoot the Works". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
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