Road Show (1941)
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
Director:
Hal Roach
Writers:
Mickell Novack, Arnold Belgard, Harry Langdon.
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Adolphe Menjou as Col. Carleton Carroway |
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Carole Landis as Penguin Moore |
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John Hubbard as Drogo Gaines |
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Charles Butterworth as Harry Whitman |
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Patsy Kelly as Jinx |
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George E. Stone as Indian |
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Margaret Roach as Priscilla |
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Polly Ann Young as Helen Newton |
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Edward Norris as Ed Newton |
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Marjorie Woodworth as Alice |
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Florence Bates as Mrs. Newton |
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Willie Best as Willie |
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Shemp Howard as Moe Parker (uncredited) |
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Lee 'Lasses' White as Constable (uncredited) |
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Clarence Wilson as Sheriff (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Member of Carnival Audience (uncredited) |
| Directing | Hal Roach | Director |
| Writing | Eric Hatch | Novel |
| Writing | Mickell Novack | Screenplay |
| Sound | George Stoll | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Hal Roach | Producer |
| Editing | Bert Jordan | Editor |
| Camera | Norbert Brodine | Director of Photography |
| Art | William Stevens | Set Decoration |
| Art | Charles D. Hall | Art Direction |
| Sound | William Randall Sr. | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Arnold Belgard | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harry Langdon | Screenplay |