Hook Line And Sinker

1074. HOOK LINE AND SINKER (I93D-USAJ. WITH BERT WHEELER, ROBERT WOOLSEY, DOROTHY LEE, HUGH HERBERT. THE POPULAR VAUDEVILLE TEAM Of WHEELER AND WOOLSEY IN ONE Of THEIR NUTTIEST MOVIES! W&W ARE FAST-TALKING INSURANCE SALESMEN WHO CONVINCE A PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN TO LET THEM MANAGE HER HOTEL, SIGHT UNSEEN. THE PLACE TURNS OUT TO BOA RUNDOWN DUMP. HOW BAD IS IT? WELL, THE ONLY NEWSPAPER AROUND IS FROM THE 1890S, THE GUEST REGISTER CONSISTS Of LONG-DECEASED PEOPLE, THE BELLHOP IS A LUNATIC AND THE HOUSE DETECTIVE (DELIGHTFULLY BEFUDDLED HUGH HERBERT) IS USUALLY ASLEEP. MIRACULOUSLY, THEY TURN IT INTO THE “IN-SPOT” FOR HIGH SOCIETY. AMONG THE ODD ASSORTMENT Of CHARACTERS WHO TURN UPON OPENING NIGHT: THE GIRL’S RICH MOTHER, WHO, FOR SOME REASON, FALLS FOR CIGAR-PUFFING, SARCASTIC WOOLSEY; MOM’S CROOKED LAWYER, WHO IS RUNNING A SMUGGLING OPERATION FROM THE HOTEL’S BASEÂMENT; AND TWO RIVAL GANGS Of JEWEL THIEVES, DETERMINED TO CRACK THE SAFE AT ANY COSTÑEVEN IF IT MEANS BLOWING UP THE HOTEL! DURING THE FESTIVITIES, THE LIGHTS GO OUT, AND CHAOS ERUPTS, WITH WHEELER AND WOOLSEY CONTINUING THEIR NON-STOP BARRAGE Of ONE-LINERS, WISECRACKS, PUNS AND DOUBLE ENTENDRES AMIDST FRANTIC CHASES, GUN BATTLES AND EXPLOÂSIONS. GREAT FUN FROM TWO Of THE ORIGINAL WILD AND CRAZY GUYS! 74 MINUTES. COMEDY