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Film series
  
Our Gang

Duration
  

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Family, Short

Cast
  
Johnny Downs

Country
  
United States

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Director
  
Robert F. McGowan Robert A. McGowan

Release date
  
December 19, 1926 (1926-12-19)

Writer
  
Hal Roach (story), H.M. Walker (titles)

Directors
  
Robert F. McGowan, Robert A. McGowan

Producers
  
Hal Roach, F. Richard Jones

Similar movies
  
Telling Whoppers and The Fourth Alarm are part of the same movie series

Filming locations telling whoppers 1926 our gang


Telling Whoppers is a 1926 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan and Robert A. McGowan. It was the 55th Our Gang short subject released.

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Plot

The neighborhood bully, Tuffy, played by Johnny Downs, is determined to lick every boy in the neighborhood. He beats up one boy, makes Jay and Jackie stand on their heads, and makes Bonedust and Scooter bark like a dog. Along comes Joe and Farina wearing bandages, and pretending to be too disabled to fight, but Tuffy beats them up anyway. Joe and Farina encourage the boys to band together and they then chase the bully off. The gang retires to their hideout and draw lots to decide who should finish the bully off. On second thought, Tuffy was swimming and was not allowed in the premises. Joe and Farina draw the unlucky lots and go looking for the bully, but Peggy tells them that Tuffy has moved to Chicago. Joe and Farina return with the lie that they beat Tuffy up and threw him in the lake. At the end of it, Tuffy's mother spanked him.

The Gang

  • Joe Cobb as Joe
  • Jackie Condon as Jackie
  • Allen Hoskins as Farina
  • Scooter Lowry as Skooter
  • Jay R. Smith as Jay R.
  • Bobby Young as Bonedust
  • Billy Naylor as Billy
  • Additional cast

  • Johnny Downs as Tuffy Thompson
  • Peggy Eames as Peggy
  • Charles McAvoy as Officer
  • Gene Morgan as Officer
  • Dorothy Vernon as Tuffy's mother
  • S. D. Wilcox as Officer
  • Charley Young as Man near swimming hole
  • Diamond the Dog as Himself
  • Pal the Dog as Himself
  • References

    Telling Whoppers Wikipedia
    Telling Whoppers IMDb