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The Dummy

8.019291h MovieComedyMystery

The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.

DirectorRobert Milton
WriterHerman J. Mankiewicz

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Cast · Directed by Robert Milton

RCRuth Chatterton
Ruth Chatterton
Agnes Meredith
FMFredric March
Fredric March
Trumbull Meredith
JCJohn Cromwell
John Cromwell
Walter Babbing
FKFred Kohler
Fred Kohler
Joe Cooper
MBMickey Bennett
Mickey Bennett
Barney Cook
VD
Vondell Darr
Peggy Meredith
JOJack Oakie
Jack Oakie
Dopey Hart
ZPZasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts
Rose Gleason
RTRichard Tucker
Richard Tucker
Blackie Baker
EPEugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette
Madison

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