Fools for Luck (1928)
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W.C. Fields' last silent film reteams him with walrus-mustached comedian Chester Conklin. Schemer Richard Whitehead (Fields) hopes to talk Samuel Hunter (Conklin), the town's richest man, into investing in an oil field. The two partners soon learn to their chagrin that their wells went dry years ago. This causes quite a strain in the romance between Hunter's daughter Louise (Sally Blaine) and Fields' young business associate Ray Caldwell (Jack Luden). But the day is saved when the "worthless" fields suddenly and unexpectedly yield a gusher. Even seasoned funsters like Fields and Conklin couldn't do much with the substandard material doled out to them in this long-lost turkey, which seems to have been slapped together merely to finish off the Paramount contracts of both actors. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- W.C. Fields - Richard Whitehead
- Sally Blane - Louise Hunter
- Mary Alden - Mrs. Hunter
- Robert Dudley - Jim Simpson
- Chester Conklin - Samuel Hunter
- Jack Luden - Ray Caldwell
- Arthur Houseman - Charles Grogan
- Martha Mattox - Mrs. Simpson
- Director(s):
- Charles "Chuck" Riesner
- Writer(s):
- J. Walter Ruben
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