Hold 'Em Jail

Hold 'Em Jail

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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Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

14 members

Acting

Bert Wheeler

Curley Harris

Bert Wheeler

Acting

Robert Woolsey

Spider Robbins

Robert Woolsey

Acting

Edna May Oliver

Violet Jones

Edna May Oliver

Acting

Robert Armstrong

Sports Announcer Inmate

Robert Armstrong

Acting

Roscoe Ates

Slippery Sam Brown

Roscoe Ates

Acting

Edgar Kennedy

Warden Elmer Jones

Edgar Kennedy

Acting

Betty Grable

Barbara Jones

Betty Grable

Acting

Warren Hymer

Steele

Warren Hymer

Acting

Paul Hurst

Butch

Paul Hurst

Acting

G. Pat Collins

Whitey

G. Pat Collins

Acting

Jed Prouty

Lynwood Warden Charles Clark

Jed Prouty

Acting

Spencer Charters

Governor

Spencer Charters

Acting

John Sheehan

Mike Maloney

John Sheehan

Acting

Ward Bond

Football Player (uncredited)

Ward Bond

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