Hold 'Em Jail

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Hold 'Em Jail

"They turn the Big House into the Bug House!"

1932

1h 6m

6.8(4 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

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14 members

Acting

Bert Wheeler

Curley Harris

Acting

Robert Woolsey

Spider Robbins

Acting

Edna May Oliver

Violet Jones

Acting

Robert Armstrong

Sports Announcer Inmate

Acting

Roscoe Ates

Slippery Sam Brown

Acting

Edgar Kennedy

Warden Elmer Jones

Acting

Betty Grable

Barbara Jones

Acting

Warren Hymer

Steele

Acting

Paul Hurst

Butch

Acting

G. Pat Collins

Whitey

Acting

Jed Prouty

Lynwood Warden Charles Clark

Acting

Spencer Charters

Governor

Acting

John Sheehan

Mike Maloney

Acting

Ward Bond

Football Player (uncredited)

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