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The Big Idea

4.6193419mNRMovieComedy

Ted Healy is the proprietor of the "Big Idea Scenario Company" (Ideas While You Wait). Unfortunately, various visitors to his one-room office constantly interrupt his train of thought. These include a man with a machine gun, a woman who…

DirectorWilliam Beaudine
WritersTed Healy·Moe Howard

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Cast · Directed by William Beaudine

THTed Healy
Ted Healy
Ted Healy, Scenario Company President
MHMoe Howard
Moe Howard
Healy's Stooge
LFLarry Fine
Larry Fine
Healy's Stooge
CHCurly Howard
Curly Howard
Healy's Stooge
BB
Bonnie Bonnell
Cleaning Lady
MEMuriel Evans
Muriel Evans
Honey, Ted's Fiancee
TM
Tut Mace
Dancer

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