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The Big Show-Off is a american film of genre Drama directed by Howard Bretherton released in USA on 22 january 1945 with Arthur Lake

The Big Show-Off (1945)

The Big Show-Off
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Released in USA 22 january 1945
Length 1h19
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Musical
Rating56% 2.8229552.8229552.8229552.8229552.822955

The Big Show-Off is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Howard Bretherton and distributed by Republic Pictures. It teams Arthur Lake before his return to the Blondie film series and Dale Evans, most frequently seen with her husband Roy Rogers.

Synopsis

Nightclub pianist Sandy Elliott is madly in love with nightclub singer June Mayfield, who ignores his existence, preferring the obnoxious Wally Porter, the nightclub emcee. Sandy follows June to discover to his disgust that she is a big fan of professional wrestling. Sandy's friend Joe the night club owner decides to make the shy Sandy attractive to June by paying a thug to disrupt June's singing, then being thrown out by Sandy. Joe adds fuel to June's new, smoldering love for Sandy by making her promise not to tell a secret: that Sandy is really the masked wrestler known as "The Devil".

Actors

Arthur Lake

(Sanford "Sandy" Elliott)Dale Evans

(June Mayfield)Lionel Stander

(Joe Bagley)George Meeker

(Wally Porter)Paul Hurst

(Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler)
And :
Louis Adlon
Vince Barnett
Douglas Wood
Emmett Lynn
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