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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)

Directed by Preston Sturges

Comedy

Overview

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal… and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?

Rated NR | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Harold Lloyd | Jimmy Conlin | Raymond Walburn | Rudy Vallee | Edgar Kennedy | Margaret Hamilton | Franklin Pangborn | Jack Norton | Arline Judge | Frances Ramsden | Lionel Stander | Robert Dudley | Arthur Hoyt | Julius Tannen | Al Bridge | Robert Greig | Georgia Caine | Torben Meyer | Victor Potel | J. Farrell MacDonald | Frank Moran | Tom McGuire | Charles R. Moore | Dewey Robinson

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Fact: Harold Lloyd silent movies are better than his talkies. Case in point: The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (1947), which actually borrows footage from an earlier [silent] film of his. Not terrible but just ok. Also my very first DVR recording!

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