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Director
  
Wesley Ruggles

Production
  
Paramount Pictures

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Musical, Comedy

Cinematography
  
Leo Tover

Country
  
United States

Shoot the Works (film) movie poster

Release date
  
June 29, 1934 (1934-06-29)

Writer
  
Claude Binyon, Gene Fowler (play), Howard J. Green, Ben Hecht (play)

Cast
  
Jack Oakie
(Nicky Nelson),
Ben Bernie
(Joe Davis),
Dorothy Dell
(Lily Raquel),
Alison Skipworth
(The Countess),
Roscoe Karns
(Sailor Burke),
Arline Judge
(Jackie Donovan)

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Shoot the Works is a 1934 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon, Gene Fowler, Howard J. Green and Ben Hecht. The film stars Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Arline Judge and William Frawley. The film was released on June 29, 1934, by Paramount Pictures, preceding by three days the most rigorously enforced version of the Hollywood Production Code, which came into effect on July 1, 1934.

Cast

  • Jack Oakie as Nicky Nelson
  • Ben Bernie as Joe Davis
  • Dorothy Dell as Lily Raquel
  • Alison Skipworth as The Countess
  • Roscoe Karns as Sailor Burke
  • Arline Judge as Jackie Donovan
  • William Frawley as Larry Hale
  • Lew Cody as Axel Hanratty
  • Paul Cavanagh as Alvin Ritchie
  • Monte Vandergrift as Man from Board of Health
  • Jill Dennett as Wanda
  • Lee Kohlmar as Professor Jonas
  • Tony Merlo as Headwaiter
  • Ben Taggart as Detective
  • Charles McAvoy as Cop
  • Fred Lawrence as Crooner
  • References

    Shoot the Works (film) Wikipedia
    Shoot the Works (film) IMDb Shoot the Works (film) themoviedb.org