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In the third screen adaptation of his best-selling 1916 novel, acclaimed writer Booth Tarkington focuses on the mischievous Penrod (Billy Mauch) and his pal Sam (Harry Watson) in this junior league detective caper that pits the boys against dangerous murderers.
Penrod and Sam spring into action after a member of their junior G-Men Club loses his mother in a bank shoot-out. Since the club is pledged to solve crimes and bring crooks to justice, the boys set out to capture the killers - but are instead captured when the killers hide out in their clubhouse. After Penrod's rival, Rodney, is also captured, the three boys join forces to hatch a daring plot and outsmart their captors.
Original Release
02/28/1937
US Release
02/28/1937
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Billy Mauch | Penrod |
Frank Craven | Mr. Schofield |
Spring Byington | Mrs. Schofield |
Craig Reynolds | Roy 'Dude' Hanson |
Harry Watson | Sam |
Jackie Morrow | Rodney Bitts |
Philip Hurlic | Verman Diggs |
Charles Halton | Mr. Rodney H. Bitts |
Bernice Pilot | Delia |
Kenneth Harlan | Real G-Man |
Directors
Writers
Booth Tarkington, Lillie Hayward, Hugh Cummings
Cast
Name | Character |
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Billy Mauch | Penrod |
Frank Craven | Mr. Schofield |
Spring Byington | Mrs. Schofield |
Craig Reynolds | Roy 'Dude' Hanson |
Harry Watson | Sam |
Jackie Morrow | Rodney Bitts |
Philip Hurlic | Verman Diggs |
Charles Halton | Mr. Rodney H. Bitts |
Bernice Pilot | Delia |
Kenneth Harlan | Real G-Man |
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard | Buzz |
Georgie Billings | Junior G-Man |
Jack Cunningham | Jack |
Alan Davis | Lefty |
Ralph Dunn | Joe |
Sol Gorss | Hanson's Driver |
Mildred Gover | Mrs. Hattie Diggs |
Edward Hearn | 2nd G-Man |
Stuart Holmes | Doctor |
Robert Homans | Sheriff |
Producers
Name | Role |
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William C. McGann | Producer |
Bryan Foy | Producer |