These comic luminaries — Charles Ruggles, Mary Boyland, W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Geroge Burns and Gracie Allen — add up to a winning hand in “Six of a Kind. Mild-mannered bank worker Pinky Whinney (Ruggles) and his wife Flora (Boland) plan a cross-country car trip to California. George and Gracie answer an ad placed by Flora to share trip expenses. While Ruggles and Boland have top billing, Gracie Allen fuels the mayhem the trip turns into. Adding to Pinky’s troubles is the fact that, unbeknownst to him, a fellow bank employee has stolen and stashed $50,000 in his suitcase, which his employers believe was embezzled by Pinky. W.C. Fields, playing a less-than-honest small town sheriff, and Alison Skipworth, as the local innkeeper, discover the money and round up the suspects with hilarious results. (65 min.)
Unrated - 1934
Director:
Leo McCarey
Starring:
Charles Ruggles
Mary Boland
W.C. Fields
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Alison Skipworth
Bradley Page
Grace Bradley
William J. Kelly
Writers:
Walter DeLeon (writer)
Douglas MacLean (story)
Harry Ruskin (writer)
Keene Thompson (story)
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