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Hold 'Em Jail is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. They play a couple of boobs who are wrongfully convicted for firearm possession and sent to prison, where they somehow end up playing on the warden's football team.
Rare for the duo, it's a straight comedy with no musical numbers. The title is a pun on the then-popular college cheer, "Hold 'em, Yale."
Original Release
09/16/1932
US Release
09/16/1932
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bert Wheeler | Curley Harris |
| Robert Woolsey | Spider Robbins |
| Edna May Oliver | Violet Jones |
| Robert Armstrong | The Radio Announcer / Sports Announcer Inmate |
| Roscoe Ates | Slippery Sam Brown |
| Edgar Kennedy | Warden Elmer Jones |
| Betty Grable | Barbara Jones |
| Warren Hymer | Steele |
| Paul Hurst | Coach Butch / Butch |
| G. Pat Collins | Whitey |
Directors
Writers
Walter DeLeon, S.J. Perelman, Eddie Welch, Tim Whelan, Lew Lupton, John P. Medbury, Mark Sandrich
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Bert Wheeler | Curley Harris |
| Robert Woolsey | Spider Robbins |
| Edna May Oliver | Violet Jones |
| Robert Armstrong | The Radio Announcer / Sports Announcer Inmate |
| Roscoe Ates | Slippery Sam Brown |
| Edgar Kennedy | Warden Elmer Jones |
| Betty Grable | Barbara Jones |
| Warren Hymer | Steele |
| Paul Hurst | Coach Butch / Butch |
| G. Pat Collins | Whitey |
| Stanley Blystone | Kravette |
| Jed Prouty | Warden Charles Clark / Lynwood Warden Charles Clark |
| Spencer Charters | The Governor / Governor |
| John Sheehan | Mike Maloney |
| Ernie Adams | Referee |
| Al Alt | Doctor |
| Roy Baker | Football Player |
| Monty Banks | Timekeeper |
| Bobby Barber | Jailbird |
| Nathan Barragar | Football Player at Practice |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| David O. Selznick | Executive Producer |
| Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
