The Dummy

The Dummy

60 mins | Comedy, Mystery | March 9, 1929

The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.

The Dummy

60 mins | Comedy, Mystery | March 9, 1929

The Dummy
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.
Producers Paramount
Original title The Dummy
Directors Robert Milton, Louis J. Gasnier
Writers Harriet Ford, Harvey J. O'Higgins, Herman J. Mankiewicz

Cast

Ruth Chatterton

as Agnes Meredith

Fredric March

as Trumbull Meredith

John Cromwell

as Walter Babbing

Fred Kohler

as Joe Cooper

Mickey Bennett

as Barney Cook

Vondell Darr

as Peggy Meredith

Jack Oakie

as Dopey Hart

Zasu Pitts

as Rose Gleason

Richard Tucker

as Blackie Baker

Eugene Pallette

as Madison