Shoot the Works

Shoot the Works (1934)

Yowsah! THE MOSTA OF THE BESTA!

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.

Date of release
1934-07-18
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Wesley Ruggles

Casting

Interesting facts

Shoot the Works is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and written by Claude Binyon, Gene Fowler, Howard J. Green and Ben Hecht. It is based on the Gene Fowler and Harold Hecht 1932 play The Great Magoo. The film stars Jack Oakie, Ben Bernie, Dorothy Dell, Alison Skipworth, Roscoe Karns, Arline Judge and William Frawley. It was released on June 29, 1934, by Paramount Pictures, just before rigorous enforcement of the Hollywood Production Code that began on July 1, 1934.

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