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FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T LAUGHED SINCE 1929!
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
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Joe E. Brown
Joe Holt
Ginger Rogers
Alice Brandon
Preston Foster
Ed Dover
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Sam Wellington
Harry Gribbon
Harry Daniels
Edwin Maxwell
Dr. Vorse
Sheila Terry
Cora Norton
Walter Walker
Tom Brandon
Oscar Apfel
Armstrong (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
William Burress
Roger Colby (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Harbor Steward (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Race Fan on Boat (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Holt's Manager (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Jones (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Official (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Office Manager (uncredited)
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Swimmer Joe Holt (uncredited)
Orry-Kelly
Costume Design
Lloyd Bacon
Director
Nov 18, 1932
New York City, New York
Dec 8, 1932
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