Hook, Line and Sinker

Hook, Line and Sinker

75 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 26, 1930

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.

Hook, Line and Sinker

75 mins | Comedy, Romance | Dec. 26, 1930

Hook, Line and Sinker
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Hook, Line and Sinker
Directors Fred Fleck, Edward F. Cline
Writers Ralph Spence, Tim Whelan

Cast

Bert Wheeler

as Wilbur Boswell

Robert Woolsey

as Addington Ganzy

Dorothy Lee

as Mary Marsh

Jobyna Howland

as Mrs. Rebecca Marsh

Natalie Moorhead

as Duchess Bessie Von Essie

Hugh Herbert

as Hotel House Detective

George F. Marion

as Ritz de la Rivera Bellboy

William B. Davidson

as Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)

Stanley Fields

as McKay, Blackwell Henchman

Ralf Harolde

as John Blackwell aka Buffalo Blackie