The Nitwits

Plot

A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.

  • George Stevens

    Director

  • Fred Guiol

    Screenplay

  • Al Boasberg

    Screenplay

  • Dorothy Fields

    Lyricist

  • L. Wolfe Gilbert

    Lyricist

  • Edward Cronjager

    Director of Photography

  • John Lockert

    Editor

  • Bert Wheeler

    Johnny

  • Robert Woolsey

    Newton

  • Fred Keating

    William Darrell

  • Betty Grable

    Mary Roberts

  • Evelyn Brent

    Alice Lake

  • Erik Rhodes

    George Clark

  • Hale Hamilton

    Winfield Lake

  • Charles C. Wilson

    Police Captain Jennings

  • Arthur Aylesworth

    Lurch

  • Willie Best

    Sleepy

  • Lew Kelly

    J. Gabriel Hazel

  • Joan Andrews

    Singer

  • Martin Cichy

    Cop

  • Dick Curtis

    Cop on Stakeout

  • Edgar Dearing

    Police Officer Barney Riley

  • Dick Gilbert

    Black Widow Henchman

  • William Gould

    Police Sergeant

  • Frances Grant

    Hoofer

  • Jack Grant

    Minor Role

  • Donald Haines

    Hal - Office Boy

  • Pat Harmon

    Singing Prisoner

  • Donald Kerr

    Martin

  • Ham Kinsey

    Black Widow Henchman

  • George Magrill

    Cop

  • Edward Peil Sr.

    Eddie the Detective

  • Gil Perkins

  • Jack Perry

    Singing Prisoner (uncredited)

  • Joey Ray

    Joey Ray - Crooner

  • Bob Reeves

    Cop on Stakeout

  • Constantine Romanoff

    Singing Prisoner

  • Jack Roper

    Singing Prisoner

  • Floyd Shackelford

    Black Widow Henchman

  • Arthur Treacher

    Man with Tennis Equipment

  • Billy Wayne

    Martin

  • Pat West

    Black Widow Henchman

  • Jack Ellis

    Hoofer

  • Runtime

    81 minutes

    Released

    1935-06-07

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    RKO Radio Pictures

    Sound

  • Roy Webb

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    138 days ago

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