Humphrey Bogart approached his role in this silly musical comedy with all the enthusiasm of a mass murderer being dragged down the hall to the gas chamber. The straight Broadway play had been a fair success in New York, but the movie fared far less well. Bogart plays Ed Hatch, a wrestling
promoter traveling in Kentucky with his one asset, numbskull wrestler Joe "The Wrestling Hercules" Skopapoulous (Nat Pendleton), an obvious parody of "The Weeping Greek from Cripple Creek," George Zaharias. Also in the entourage are Joe's trainer, Popeye Bronson (Frank McHugh), Ed's assistant,
Shiner (Allen Jenkins), and Ed's girl friend, Cookie (Penny Singleton). They are just ab...
Released:
1938
Rated:
NR
Length:
77 mins