Six of a Kind
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Six of a Kind | |
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Directed by | Leo McCarey |
Written by | Keene Thompson Douglas MacLean Walter DeLeon Harry Ruskin |
Starring | Charles Ruggles Mary Boland W.C. Fields George Burns Gracie Allen |
Cinematography | Henry Sharp |
Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Six of a Kind is an American 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey. It is a whimsical and often absurd road movie about two couples who decide to share their expenses on a trip to Hollywood. It includes the famous pool playing scene in which Fields explains how he got the name “Honest John.”
Cast
- Charles Ruggles (as Charlie Ruggles) - J. Pinkham Whinney
- Mary Boland - Flora Whinney
- George Burns - George Edward
- Gracie Allen - Gracie Devore
- W.C. Fields - Sheriff John Hoxley
- Alison Skipworth - Mrs. K. Rumford
- Phil Tead - Clerk in Newspaper Office
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