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The Nitwits
1h 21min
COMEDY
MUSIC
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
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Original Title
The Nitwits
Release Year
1935
Runtime (Duration)
1h 21min
Casting
Actors

Bert Wheeler
Johnny

Robert Woolsey
Newton

Fred Keating
William Darrell

Betty Grable
Mary Roberts

Evelyn Brent
Alice Lake

Erik Rhodes
George Clark

Hale Hamilton
Winfield Lake

Charles C. Wilson
Police Captain Jennings

Arthur Aylesworth
Lurch

Willie Best
Sleepy

Lew Kelly
J. Gabriel Hazel
Joan Andrews
Singer

Martin Cichy
Cop

Dick Curtis
Cop on Stakeout

Edgar Dearing
Police Officer Barney Riley

Dick Gilbert
Black Widow Henchman

William Gould
Police Sergeant

Frances Grant
Hoofer
Jack Grant
Minor Role

Donald Haines
Hal - Office Boy

Pat Harmon
Singing Prisoner

Donald Kerr
Martin

Ham Kinsey
Black Widow Henchman

George Magrill
Cop

Edward Peil Sr.
Eddie the Detective
Gil Perkins

Jack Perry
Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Joey Ray - Crooner

Bob Reeves
Cop on Stakeout

Constantine Romanoff
Singing Prisoner
Jack Roper
Singing Prisoner

Floyd Shackelford
Black Widow Henchman

Arthur Treacher
Man with Tennis Equipment

Billy Wayne
Martin

Pat West
Black Widow Henchman
Jack Ellis
Hoofer
Crew

George Stevens
DIRECTOR

Roy Webb
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Fred Guiol
SCREENPLAY
Al Boasberg
SCREENPLAY

Edward Cronjager
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Mel Berns
MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD
L. Wolfe Gilbert
LYRICIST
Dorothy Fields
LYRICIST
Jimmy McHugh
SONGS
Felix Bernard
SONGS
Lee S. Marcus
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Van Nest Polglase
ART DIRECTION
Bernard Newman
COSTUME DESIGN
John Lockert
EDITOR
Ralph Wildman
KEY GRIP