The Awful Tooth

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The Awful Tooth
Directed byNate Watt
Produced byHal Roach
StarringCarl Switzer
Billie Thomas
Eugene Lee
Henry Lee
Pete the Pup
CinematographyNorbert Brodine
Edited byWilliam H. Ziegler
Music byLeroy Shield
Marvin Hatley
Distributed byMGM
Release date
  • May 28, 1938 (1938-05-28)
Running time
9' 55"
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Awful Tooth is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Nate Watt. It was the 167th Our Gang short to be released.[1]

Plot[edit]

Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Porky, and Spike in need of money to purchase baseball equipment, devise a scheme: they will have all their teeth pulled out, which they calculate will earn them one dime per tooth from the tooth fairy. Their dentist hears of their plan, and takes steps to dissuade the kids—beginning with a terrified Alfalfa. In the end, Alfalfa decides to keep his teeth, but the dentist does give them some baseball equipment as a reward for learning a valuable lesson about dental health.[2]

Cast[edit]

The Gang[edit]

Additional cast[edit]

  • Jack Norton as Dr. Schwartz
  • Marjorie Townsend as Miss Rogers

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 218–219. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson (2011). "New York Times: The Awful Tooth". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2008.

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