Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker
Release: 1930-12-26
·Runtime: 75m
·★ 5.2
Comedy
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Bert Wheeler
as Wilbur Boswell
Robert Woolsey
as Addington Ganzy
Jobyna Howland
as Mrs. Rebecca Marsh
George F. Marion
as Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy
William B. Davidson
as Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
Ralf Harolde
as John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie
Dorothy Lee
as Mary Marsh
Natalie Moorhead
as Duchess Bessie Von Essie
Hugh Herbert
as Hotel House Detective
Stanley Fields
as McKay, Blackwell Henchman