Movie Description
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
(1947)Overview
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
Featured Crew
- Director : Preston Sturges
- Producer : Howard Hughes,Preston Sturges
- Editor : Thomas Neff,Stuart Gilmore
- Cast : Harold Lloyd,Jimmy Conlin,Raymond Walburn,Rudy Vallee,Edgar Kennedy,Margaret Hamilton,Franklin Pangborn,Jack Norton,Arline Judge,Frances Ramsden,Lionel Stander,Robert Dudley,Arthur Hoyt,Julius Tannen,Al Bridge,Robert Greig,Georgia Caine,Torben Meyer,Victor Potel,J. Farrell MacDonald,Frank Moran,Tom McGuire,Charles R. Moore,Dewey Robinson
Cast
Harold Diddlebock
Wormy
E.J. Waggleberry
Lynn Sargent
Jake the Bartender
Flora
Formfit Franklin
James R. Smoke
Manicurist
Frances Otis
Max
Robert McDuffy
J.P. Blackstone
Nearsighted Banker
Wild Bill Hickock
Algernon McNiff
Bearded Lady
Barber with Mustache
Prof. Potelle
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Mike the Cop (uncredited)
Police Captain (uncredited)
Bootblack (uncredited)
Lucky Leopold (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Status Released
Release Information
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1947-04-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 32m
Budget₹ 1712959
Production CompaniesUnited Artists
Genres
- Comedy