The Big Show-Off

1h 9m
ComedyDramaMusic
4.5

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).

Cast

Arthur Lake
Sanford "Sandy" Elliott
Dale Evans
June Mayfield
Lionel Stander
Joe Bagley
George Meeker
Wally Porter
Paul Hurst
Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
Sammy Stein
"Boris The Bulgar", a wrestler
Marjorie Manners
Mitzi
Emmett Lynn
Franklin D. Ripbogle Jr.
Douglas Wood
Dr. Dinwiddle
Louis Adlon
Leopold Muckenfuss
Vince Barnett
Voice Student
Harry Depp
G. Whitmore Peabody
Ariel Heath
Goldie
Leo White
Picasso Putschnik
Robert Homans
Police Captain
Milton Kibbee
Slaughterhouse Shannon
Anson Weeks
Himself, a bandleader
Dan Tobey
Wrestling Announcer

Crew

Howard Bretherton
Director
Richard Weil
Screenplay
László Vadnay
Screenplay
Jack Greenhalgh
Director of Photography
Sydney M. Williams
Producer
Claude Spence
Associate Producer
Mme. Houda
Costume Design
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
Frank Dexter
Art Direction

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