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Shoot the Works (1934)

Shoot the Works

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1h 4m

Comedy, Musicals, Romance

July 6th, 1934

6.9/10

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The story of seedy sideshow barker Nicky, who uses everyone he meets to get ahead. Nicky isn't even above exploiting his singing sweetheart Lily to suit his purposes, but this time it is he who ends up the loser -- at least until he gets wise to himself.

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Cast

Jack Oakie
Nicky Nelson
Ben Bernie
Joe Davis
Dorothy Dell
Lily Raquel
Alison Skipworth
The Countess
Roscoe Karns
Sailor Burke
Arline Judge
Jackie Donovan
William Frawley
Larry Hale
Lew Cody
Axel Hanratty
Paul Cavanagh
Alvin Ritchie
Monte Vandergrift
Man from Board of Health
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Directors

Wesley Ruggles
Full cast & crew

Producers

Albert Lewis
producer
Adolph Zukor
producer
(uncredited)
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Writers

Claude Binyon
screenplay
Gene Fowler
play
Howard J. Green
screenplay
Full cast & crew

Taglines

Yowsah! THE MOSTA OF THE BESTA! (original poster)
The Old Mastro himself...in his first picture...leads his lads and lassies in and out of six new song hits! (original poster)
YOWSAH! THE OLD MAESTRO AND ALL HIS LADS ARE COMING TO GREET YOU IN "SHOOT THE WORKS" (Print ad- Albany Times-Union, ((Albany, NY)) 26 June 1934)
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Keywords

based on play
ring
gambling
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

December 14th, 1934 (Australia)
April 5th, 1935 (Portugal)
July 6th, 1934 (United States of America) (New York City, New York)
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Alternative Titles

Shoot the Works (original title)
Música, Maestro! (Brazil)
合点!!承知!! (Japan) (Japanese title)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (studio)

Running Times

64 min

Sound Mixes

Mono

Aspect Ratios

1.37 : 1

Production Companies

Paramount
Paramount Pictures (Afghanistan)

Distribution Companies

Paramount Pictures (United States of America)
MCA/Universal Pictures (United States of America)

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