The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

92 mins | Comedy | April 4, 1947

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

92 mins | Comedy | April 4, 1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers United Artists
Original title The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Directors Barton Adams, Preston Sturges
Writers Preston Sturges

Cast

Harold Lloyd

as Harold Diddlebock

Jimmy Conlin

as Wormy

Raymond Walburn

as E.J. Waggleberry

Rudy Vallee

as Lynn Sargent

Edgar Kennedy

as Jake the Bartender

Franklin Pangborn

as Formfit Franklin

Jack Norton

as James R. Smoke

Arline Judge

as Manicurist

Frances Ramsden

as Frances Otis

Robert Dudley

as Robert McDuffy

Arthur Hoyt

as J.P. Blackstone

Julius Tannen

as Nearsighted Banker

Al Bridge

as Wild Bill Hickock

Robert Greig

as Algernon McNiff

Georgia Caine

as Bearded Lady

Torben Meyer

as Barber with Mustache

Victor Potel

as Prof. Potelle

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Mike the Cop (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

as Bootblack (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Lucky Leopold (uncredited)