The Big Show-Off

The Big Show-Off

69 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Jan. 22, 1945

A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).

The Big Show-Off

69 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Jan. 22, 1945

The Big Show-Off
A shy songwriter (Arthur Lake) pretends to be a championship wrestler known as "The Devil" in order to impress a pretty nightclub singer (Dale Evans).
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Republic Pictures, Spence-Williams Productions
Original title The Big Show-Off
Directors Howard Bretherton
Writers László Vadnay, Richard Weil

Cast

Arthur Lake

as Sanford "Sandy" Elliott

Dale Evans

as June Mayfield

Lionel Stander

as Joe Bagley

George Meeker

as Wally Porter

Paul Hurst

as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler

Sammy Stein

as "Boris The Bulgar", a wrestler

Marjorie Manners

as Mitzi

Emmett Lynn

as Franklin D. Ripbogle Jr.

Douglas Wood

as Dr. Dinwiddle

Louis Adlon

as Leopold Muckenfuss

Vince Barnett

as Voice Student

Harry Depp

as G. Whitmore Peabody

Ariel Heath

as Goldie

Leo White

as Picasso Putschnik

Robert Homans

as Police Captain

Milton Kibbee

as Slaughterhouse Shannon

Anson Weeks

as Himself, a bandleader

Dan Tobey

as Wrestling Announcer