Hook Line and Sinker

Comedy, Romance.

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen — Wilbur Boswell and J. Addington Ganzy — help penniless socialite Mary Marsh to turn a dilapidated hotel, which was willed to her, into a thriving success.

They soon run into trouble, however, in the form of two sets of rival gangsters who want to break into the hotel safe; also, Mary's mother, Rebecca Marsh, wants her to marry wealthy lawyer John Blackwell, although Mary has fallen in love with Wilbur.

And while she takes an instant dislike to Wilbur, Rebecca falls for Ganzy. During the pitched battle between the rival gangs and the police, Boswell and Ganzy save the jewels, after which Ganzy marries Rebecca, and then gives away Mary at her marriage to Wilbur. (Wikipedia)

Movie Info

Directed by: Edward F. Cline
Written by: Ralph Spence, Tim Whelan
Starring: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee

Release date: 1930
Running time: 72 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English

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