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Director
  
George Sidney

Film series
  
Our Gang

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Family, Comedy, Short

Music director
  
David Snell

Language
  
English

Writer
  
Hal Law
,
Robert A. McGowan

Release date
  
November 12, 1938 (1938-11-12)

Cast
  
George McFarland
,
Carl Switzer
,
Tommy Bond
,
Darla Hood
,
Billie Thomas

Similar movies
  
Football Romeo and Cousin Wilbur are part of the same movie series

Football Romeo is a 1938 Our Gang short comedy film directed by George Sidney. It was the 173rd Our Gang short (174th episode, 85th talking short, 86th talking episode, and fifth MGM produced episode) that was released.

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Plot

The gang squares off against "Butch's Assassins" in a crucial football game. Star player Carl Alfalfa balks at participating, leaving it up to Darla to coerce and cajole him into donning his uniform. The climax of the game finds Alfalfa attempting a sixty-yard touchdown, despite the formidable opposition of his lifelong rival Butch.

The Gang

  • Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
  • Darla Hood as Darla
  • George McFarland as Spanky
  • Eugene Lee as Porky
  • Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
  • Gary Jasgur as Gary
  • Leonard Landy as Phooey
  • Additional cast

  • Tommy Bond as Butch
  • Sidney Kibrick as The Woim
  • Barbara Bedford as Alfalfa's mother
  • Bit players and extras

    Becky Bohanon, Buddy Bowles, Floyd Fisher, Charline Flanders, Morris Grace, Jr., Bruce Grant, Joe Levine, Roger McGee, Norman Salling, Corrine Varian, Robert Winkler

    References

    Football Romeo Wikipedia
    Football Romeo IMDb