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Elmer The Great

1933, Movie, NR, 64 mins

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This likable baseball comedy stars Joe E. Brown as a country bumpkin home-run hitter who gets the best of both gangsters and cheating pitchers to win the World Series for the Cubs against the Yankees. Brown's acting is no great shakes, but his mugging comedy talents provide many a laugh, and he certainly can handle a bat, having played semi-pro ball before going into show biz (see ALIBI IKE, 1935). One-time sportswriter Ring Lardner (portrayed by John Sayles in his EIGHT MEN... read more leave a comment
A country hick (Joe E. Brown) bats his way to baseball stardom in the comedy Elmer The Great (1933).
Free | TCM

Posted: 8/1/2008
Year: 1933
Rated NR

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Cast
Joe E. Brown: Elmer Kane
Patricia Ellis: Nellie Poole
Frank McHugh: High-Hips Healy
Claire Dodd: Evelyn Corey
Preston Foster: Dave Walker
Russell Hopton: Whitey

 

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