Directed by:
A. Edward SutherlandScreenplay:
Walter DeLeonCinematography:
Ernest HallerCast:
W.C. Fields, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Sari Maritza, Cab Calloway, Bela Lugosi, Franklin Pangborn, Edmund Breese, Lumsden Hare (more)Plots(1)
W.C. Fields stars in this comedy about a competition in China to develop a new-fangled televisual device. After hearing of a spectacular new invention, an international group of scientists gathers to get the scoop. Unfortunately, one of the gang comes down with measles, and the battling, sneaky band of inventors are all quarantined together... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
W.C. Fields
USA
Best movies:
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
David Copperfield (1935)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Rudy Vallee
USA
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Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
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Stuart Erwin
USA
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George Burns
USA
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Gracie Allen
USA
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Sari Maritza
China
Cab Calloway
USA
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Bela Lugosi
Austria-Hungary
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The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
Franklin Pangborn
USA
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Edmund Breese
USA
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Lumsden Hare
Ireland
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Sterling Holloway
USA
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Lona Andre
USA
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The Merry Widow (1934)
Carrie Daumery
Netherlands
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The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
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Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Cyril Ring
USA
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Frank O'Connor
USA
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Rose Marie
USA
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Chung Wong
USA
Best movies:
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Etta Lee
USA
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