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Status
Released
Release
1936
Runtime
1h 8m
"The "Cuckoos" in Darkest Egypt!"
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient Egyptian "curse."
28 Cast Members
Robert Woolsey
Aloysius C. Whittaker
Bert Wheeler
Stanley Wright
Barbara Pepper
Mary Browning
Moroni Olsen
Dr. Edward Sterling
Frank M. Thomas
Phillip Browning
Willie Best
Catfish
Francis McDonald
Rasheed Bey
Frank Lackteen
Second Oriental
Charles Coleman
Kendall
Mitchell Lewis
Haroun Pasha
Frederick Burton
Professor Edwards
Edith Craig
Sheik's Wife
John Davidson
Cafe Manager in Cairo
Al Haskell
Native Cop
Noble Johnson
Tattoo Artist
Edward Keane
Ship's Captain
Ethan Laidlaw
Peters - a Sailor
George Lollier
Third Officer
Frank Moran
Larson - a Sailor
Gil Perkins
Native Cop
