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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1932-08-19
Languageen
Runtime1h 6m
Production

RKO Radio Pictures

6.8(6)
•1932•1h 6m

Hold 'Em Jail

"They turn the Big House into the Bug House!"

Comedy

Overview

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

Writing & Screenplay
Walter DeLeonS.J. Perelman
Cinematography
Leonard Smith

Principal Cast

14 credited
Bert Wheeler
Bert WheelerCurley Harris
Robert Woolsey
Robert WoolseySpider Robbins
Edna May Oliver
Edna May OliverViolet Jones
Robert Armstrong
Robert ArmstrongSports Announcer Inmate
Roscoe Ates
Roscoe AtesSlippery Sam Brown
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar KennedyWarden Elmer Jones
Betty Grable
Betty GrableBarbara Jones
Warren Hymer
Warren HymerSteele
PH
Paul HurstButch
G. Pat Collins
G. Pat CollinsWhitey

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