Hook, Line and Sinker
5.9
“Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel”
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
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Cast
10 people
Bert Wheeler
Wilbur Boswell
Also in
Half Shot at Sunrise
Kentucky Kernels
Robert Woolsey
Addington Ganzy
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Half Shot at Sunrise
Mummy's Boys
Dorothy Lee
Mary Marsh
Also in
Half Shot at Sunrise
Local Boy Makes Good
Jobyna Howland
Mrs. Rebecca Marsh
Also in
Topaze
Big City Blues
Natalie Moorhead
Duchess Bessie Von Essie
Known for
The Thin Man
Hugh Herbert
Hotel House Detective
Known for
Hellzapoppin'
Gold Diggers of 1935
George F. Marion
Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
Known for
Anna Christie
The Big House
William B. Davidson
Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
Known for
The Most Dangerous Game
Hell's Angels
Stanley Fields
McKay, Blackwell Henchman
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
Little Caesar
Ralf Harolde
John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie
Known for
Murder, My Sweet
I'm No Angel
Edward F. Cline Director · Tim Whelan Screenplay Ralph Spence Screenplay
Worldwide gross $780K · Budget $287K · United States release December 26, 1930
Box office
Budget
$287,000
Worldwide gross
$780,000
Gross vs. budget
2.7×
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 26, 1930
Theatrical
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