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Hold the Wire

7.219366mMovieAnimationComedy

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

Jack Mercer

Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Mae Questel

Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)

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.