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Status
Released
Release
1942
Runtime
1h 2m
"Now! Radio's Rare Comic In His Own FUN SHOW On the Screen!"
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
19 Cast Members
Harold Peary
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve
Freddie Mercer
Leroy Forrester
Nancy Gates
Marjorie 'Margie' Forrester
Jane Darwell
Aunt Emma Forrester
Lillian Randolph
Birdie Scoggins
Mary Field
Amelia Hooker
Charles Arnt
Judge Horace Hooker
Thurston Hall
Governor Jonathan Stafford
George Carpenter
Frank Powers
John Dilson
Mayor Appleton
Syd Saylor
Phil, the carpenter
Anne O'Neal
Martha, an old crow
Fern Emmett
Second Old Crow
Herb Vigran
George, the jeweller
Donald Kerr
Photographer
George Chandler
Messenger
Russell Wade
Charles, the chauffeur
Bruce Edwards
Governor's Secretary
Lorin Raker
Court Clerk
