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Status
Released
Release
1932
Runtime
1h 11m
"FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T LAUGHED SINCE 1929!"
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
24 Cast Members
Joe E. Brown
Joe Holt
Ginger Rogers
Alice Brandon
Preston Foster
Ed Dover
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Sam Wellington
Harry Gribbon
Harry Daniels
Edwin Maxwell
Dr. Vorse
Sheila Terry
Cora Norton
Walter Walker
Tom Brandon
Oscar Apfel
Armstrong (uncredited)
Spencer Bell
Porter (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
William Burress
Roger Colby (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
Elliott (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Harbor Steward (uncredited)
James Eagles
Messenger (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Race Fan on Boat (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Holt's Manager (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Jones (uncredited)
Anthony Lord
Bookkeeper (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Official (uncredited)
