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Elmer, the Great

Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only because Nellie spurns him that he goes. As always, Elmer is the king of batters and he wins game after game. When Nellie comes to see Elmer in Chicago, she sees him kissing Evelyn and she wants nothing to do with him anymore. So Healy takes him to a gambling club, where Elmer does not know that the chips are money. He finds that he owes the gamblers $5000 and they make him sign a note for it. Sad at losing Nellie, mad at his teammates and in debt to the gamblers, Elmer disappears as the Cubs are in the deciding game for the Series.

1933 |1h 12m |  Comedy

Cast

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Joe E. Brown

Elmer Kane

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Patricia Ellis

Nellie Poole

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Frank McHugh

Healy High-Hips

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Claire Dodd

Evelyn

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Preston Foster

Walker

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Russell Hopton

Whitey

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Sterling Holloway

Nick Kane

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Jane Wyman

Game spectator (uncredited)

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Emma Dunn

Mrs. Kane

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Charles C. Wilson

Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)

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Charles Delaney

Johnny Abbott

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Berton Churchill

Colonel Moffitt

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J. Carrol Naish

Jerry (as J. Carroll Naish)

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Gene Morgan

Noonan

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Maurice Black

Dice Dealer (uncredited)

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Don Brodie

Casino Employee (uncredited)

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George Chandler

Cubs Player (uncredited)

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Phyllis Crane

Gentryville Journal reporter (uncredited)

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Douglass Dumbrille

Stillman (uncredited)

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Gale Gordon

Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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Paul Kruger

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Casino Employee (uncredited)

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Gus Leonard

Nosey Townsman (uncredited)

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George Magrill

Game Spectator (uncredited)

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Walter Miller

Captain Sutton (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Game Spectator (uncredited)

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Jessie Ralph

Sarah Crosby (uncredited)

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Fred Santley

Series Game Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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Harry Semels

Waiter (uncredited)

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John Sheehan

Bartender (uncredited)

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Charles Sherlock

Radio Technician (uncredited)

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Guy Usher

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

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Leo White

Skinny Gambler (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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