The Big Show-Off

1945

1h 9m

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4.5/10
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A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).

Writers

László Vadnay(screenplay by)
Richard Weil(screenplay by)
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Arthur Lake
Sanford "Sandy" Elliott
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Dale Evans
June Mayfield
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Lionel Stander
Joe Bagley
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George Meeker
Wally Porter
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Paul Hurst
Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
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Sammy Stein
"Boris The Bulgar", a wrestler
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Emmett Lynn
Franklin D. Ripbogle Jr.
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Douglas Wood
Dr. Dinwiddle
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Louis Adlon
Leopold Muckenfuss
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Vince Barnett
Voice Student
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Harry Depp
G. Whitmore Peabody
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Leo White
Picasso Putschnik
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Robert Homans
Police Captain
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Milton Kibbee
Slaughterhouse Shannon
Anson Weeks
Himself, a bandleader
Dan Tobey
Wrestling Announcer

Writers

László Vadnay(screenplay by)
Richard Weil(screenplay by)

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Release date

January 22, 1945 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production companies

Spence-Williams Productions
Republic Pictures

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