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Cracked Nuts (1931)

Cracked Nuts poster
Directed by
Edward F. Cline
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pair of bumbling friends get mixed up in a contest for an inheritance. They travel to a small country where they cause chaos and find romance.

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What happens

Cracked Nuts is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, from an original screenplay written by Al Boasberg and Ralph Spence. The film stars the comedy duo Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) as well as Dorothy Lee. It also features Boris Karloff in a small supporting role. The film was one of RKO's only financial successes of the year, with a profit of just over $150,000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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