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Captain Applejack (1931)

Captain Applejack poster
Directed by
Hobart Henley
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets involved in a comedic mix-up involving pirates and mistaken identity. The story is based on a stage play and follows his absurd adventures.

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What happens

Captain Applejack is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars John Halliday, Mary Brian, and Arthur Edmund Carewe. The film was based on a 1921 play of the same name, starring Wallace Eddinger and written by Walter Hackett. The play had previously been filmed as a silent film in 1923 under the title of Strangers of the Night. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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