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Hold the Wire

7.319366mMovieAnimationComedy

Popeye is wooing Olive on the phone when Bluto comes over. He overhears, taps into the line, and impersonates Popeye. They proceed to have a high-wire fight on the telephone lines outside Olive's house.

DirectorDave Fleischer
ProducerMax Fleischer

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Cast · Directed by Dave Fleischer

JMJack Mercer
Jack Mercer
Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
MQMae Questel
Mae Questel
Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
GW
Gus Wicke
Bluto (voice) (uncredited)

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Hold the Wire hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 11, 1936. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.