Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker
Hook, Line and Sinker
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1969
1h 31m
4.1(26 votes)
Comedy

Overview

Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.

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Columbia Pictures

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Cast & Crew

27 members
Acting

Jerry Lewis

Peter J. Ingersoll / Fred Dobbs

Jerry Lewis
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Peter Lawford

Dr. Scott Carter

Peter Lawford
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Anne Francis

Nancy Ingersoll

Anne Francis
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Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Perfecto

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
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Jennifer Edwards

Jennifer Ingersoll

Jennifer Edwards
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Jimmy Miller

Jimmy Ingersoll

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Eleanor Audley

Mrs. Durham

Eleanor Audley
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Henry Corden

Kenyon Hammercher

Henry Corden
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Sylvia Lewis

Karlotta Hammercher

Sylvia Lewis
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Phillip Pine

Head Surgeon

Phillip Pine
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Felipe Turich

Foreign Mortician

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Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Hardtack - Baby Sitter

Kathleen Freeman
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Scatman Crothers

The Corpse (uncredited)

Scatman Crothers
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Byron Foulger

Funeral Director (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
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Al Bain

Burial Spectator (uncredited)

Al Bain
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Anthony Larry Paul

Credit Card Man (uncredited)

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Art Lewis

Toothpick Man (uncredited)

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Frankie Darro

Delivery Man (uncredited)

Frankie Darro
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Elizabeth Germaine

Miss Freitas (uncredited)

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Norman Leavitt

Dr. Everson (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
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Harlan Warde

District Attorney (uncredited)

Harlan Warde
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Margaret Teele

Nurse Susan (uncredited)

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Ted Smile

Arm Wrestler (uncredited)

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Alberto Morin

Portuguese Passport Official (uncredited)

Alberto Morin
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John Stacy

Surgeon (uncredited)

John Stacy
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William O'Connell

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

William O'Connell
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Tom Anfinsen

Burial Spectator (uncredited)

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