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Cracked Nuts is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Edward F. Cline released in USA on 18 april 1931 with Bert Wheeler
Cracked Nuts (1931)
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Add to a movie listCracked Nuts is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from an original screenplay written by Al Boasberg and Ralph Spence. The film stars the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey), as well as Dorothy Lee. It also features Boris Karloff in a small supporting role. The film was one of RKO's only financial successes of the year.
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Wendell Graham (Bert Wheeler), while a millionaire through inheritance, is incredibly irresponsible. On a trans-Atlantic crossing, he meets the lovely Betty Harrington (Dorothy Lee), and her stuffy, over-protective aunt, Minnie Van Varden (Edna May Oliver). Wendell is definitely interested, and his interest is reciprocated by Betty, however Aunt Minnie takes an instant dislike to the young man. On the same ship are several dissidents who are seeking financial support for their revolution back home in the fictional country of El Dorania. Wendell believes that if he offers them financial support in their revolutionary pursuits, this will enhance his position with Aunt Minnie, who owns a large estate in El Dorania, and has been vocal about her displeasure with the current monarch. Wendell agrees to furnish the revolutionaries with $100,000 to further their cause.Actors
Bert Wheeler
(Wendell Graham)
Leni Stengel
(Queen Carlotta)
Robert Woolsey
(Zander Ulysses Parkhurst)
Dorothy Lee
(Betty Harrington)
Edna May Oliver
(Aunt Minnie Van Varden)
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