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Six of a Kind: Directed by Leo McCarey. With Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns. When a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds.
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- Comedy
- Leo McCarey
- 1934-02-09
Six of a Kind is an American 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. A critical and box office success, Six of a Kind features the famous pocket billiards (pool) playing scene in which Fields explains how he got the name “Honest John”.
Brief Synopsis. The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and thier great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself arrested in Nevada.
- Leo Mccarey
- Charles Ruggles
Jan 31, 2014 · The eternally befuddled Charles Ruggles ( Murders at the Zoo, Trouble in Paradise) this go-around plays J. Pinkham Whinney, the put upon spouse of Flora (Boland). They’re planning a cross country trip for a second honeymoon. Flora is really cheap, though, and advertises for another couple to come along and split expenses.
Six of a Kind (1934) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
J. Pinkham Whinney, a conservative bank clerk, and Flora, his wife of twenty years are going on a second honeymoon, a long overland two week car trip to Hollywood which will limit them to only a day in Tinseltown.
A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself arrested in Nevada. Leo McCarey. Director. Harry Ruskin. Screenplay.
