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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Preston Sturges
USA      90 m.
Synopsis
After Harold Diddlebock scores the winning touchdown for his college's football team, he is approached by E. J. Waggleberry, an advertising tycoon, who offers him a job. Twenty-two years later Harold is still working as bookkeeper when he is fired by Waggleberry for lack of ambition. On the street, he meets Wormy, a racetrack tout who sensing an opportunity takes his sad ?friend? to a bar. There bartender Jack concocts a special drink for Harold (?The Diddlebock?), who has never imbibed alcohol. The drink emboldens Harold, who bets $1,000 on a horse which, to everybody's surprise, wins the race.
Director
Preston Sturges
Screenplay
Preston Sturges
Photography
Robert Pittack
Edition
Thomas Neff
Music
Werner R. Heymann
Cast
Harold Lloyd (Harold Diddlebock), Frances Ramsden (Miss Otis), Jimmy Conlin (Wormy), Raymond Walburn (E. J. Waggleberry), Edgar Kennedy (Bartender)
Running Time
90 m.
Country
USA
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