The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
Overview
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $1,712,959.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.609 |
Directed By
Preston Sturges
Crew
Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges
Howard Hughes
Preston Sturges
Werner R. Heymann
Robert Pittack
Stuart Gilmore
Thomas Neff
Robert Usher
Victor A. Gangelin
Cliff P. Broughton
Barton Adams
Elaine Ramsey
TOP CAST
Harold Lloyd
Harold Diddlebock
Jimmy Conlin
Wormy
Raymond Walburn
E.J. Waggleberry
Rudy Vallee
Lynn Sargent
Edgar Kennedy
Jake the Bartender
Margaret Hamilton
Flora
Franklin Pangborn
Formfit Franklin
Jack Norton
James R. Smoke
Arline Judge
Manicurist
Frances Ramsden
Frances Otis
Lionel Stander
Max
Robert Dudley
Robert McDuffy
Arthur Hoyt
J.P. Blackstone
Julius Tannen
Nearsighted Banker
Al Bridge
Wild Bill Hickock
Robert Greig
Algernon McNiff
Georgia Caine
Bearded Lady
Torben Meyer
Barber with Mustache
Victor Potel
Prof. Potelle
J. Farrell MacDonald
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Mike the Cop (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Police Captain (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Bootblack (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Lucky Leopold (uncredited)
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