Cracked Nuts (1941)
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No relation to the Cracked Nuts he directed in 1931, this hokey sci-fi-comedy from director Edward F. Cline stars Stuart Erwin as Lawrence Trent, a country rube who wins a refrigerator-slogan contest and gets some money for his efforts. Meanwhile, mad scientist Boris Kabikoff (Mischa Auer) builds a silly-looking robot in his own image and hooks up with a New York patent attorney (William Frawley from I Love Lucy) to bilk Trent out of his prize money. Shemp Howard plays the robot as a lusty creature with a penchant for skirt-chasing and is used by black servant Chloe (Hattie Noel) to do housechores and frighten her husband Burgess (Mantan Moreland), who has a gambling problem. Una Merkel co-stars with Astrid Allwyn and Pierre Watkin. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Astrid Allwyn - Ethel
- Billy Bletcher - Parachute Man
- Stuart Erwin - Lawrence Trent
- Tom Hanlon - Radio Announcer
- Marion Martin - Blonde
- Mantan Moreland - Burgess
- Pat O'Malley - 1st Officer
- Francis Pierlot - Mayor Wilfred Smun
- Emmett Vogan - McAneny
- Dave Willock - Radio Technician
- Lyle Clement - 2nd Officer
- Bobby Barker - Waiter
- Elaine Morley - Blonde
- Mischa Auer - Kabikoff
- Hal K. Dawson - Saw Horse Man
- William Frawley - Mitchell
- Shemp Howard - Robot
- Una Merkel - Sharon
- Hattie Noel - Chloe
- Milton Parsons - Olson
- Marin Sais - Woman
- Pierre Watkin - Benson
- Will Wright - Mr. Sylvanus Boogle
- Ernie Stanton - Ivan
- Dorothy Darrell - Maid
- Director(s):
- Edward F. Cline
- Writer(s):
- Erna Lazarus, W. Scott Darling
- Producer(s):
- Joseph G. Sanford
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