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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947)
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?
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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?
Rating:NR
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Preston Sturges
In Theaters:4/4/1947
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Runtime:92 minutes
Studio:United Artists
Cast
Preston Sturges
Director
Harold Lloyd
Harold Diddlebock
Jimmy Conlin
Wormy
Raymond Walburn
E.J. Waggleberry
Rudy Vallee
Lynn Sargent
Edgar Kennedy
Jake the Bartender
Margaret Hamilton
Flora
Franklin Pangborn
Formfit Franklin
Jack Norton
James R. Smoke
Arline Judge
Manicurist
Frances Ramsden
Frances Otis
Lionel Stander
Max
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