TMDb Rating
5.4/10
14 verified votes
Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
ComedyRomance
75 min
"Riding a Cyclone of Laughs Through a Broadway Hotel"
Plot Summary
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When they find out that the hotel is run down and nearly abandoned, they launch a phony PR campaign that presents the hotel as a resort favored by the rich. Their advertising succeeds too well, and many complications soon arise.
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Keywords to include
ComedyRomanceEdward F. ClineBert WheelerRobert Woolsey1930
Director
Edward F. Cline
Top Cast
Bert WheelerRobert WoolseyDorothy LeeJobyna HowlandNatalie Moorhead
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