Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.Shipping clerk Joe Holt is mistaken for a swimming champion and expected to compete in a long-distance swim race off Catalina Island.
Preston Foster
- Ed Dover
- (as Preston S. Foster)
Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
- Sam Wellington
- (as Farina)
Oscar Apfel
- Armstrong
- (uncredited)
Spencer Bell
- Porter
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Judge's Assistant
- (uncredited)
William Burress
- Roger Colby
- (uncredited)
A.S. 'Pop' Byron
- Elliott
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Harbor Steward
- (uncredited)
James Eagles
- Messenger
- (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
- Race Fan on Boat
- (uncredited)
June Gittelson
- Fat Swimmer in Lane #1
- (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
- Holt's Manager
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to studio records, shooting took 31 days.
- GoofsSam helps Joe grease up for the big swimming race. In the first shot (close-up), he is greasing Joe's right thigh, and Joe's leg below the knee is clean. The next close-up shows Sam working his way down Joe's calf. In a subsequent long shot, Joe's right calf is greased up to the knee, but his thigh is clean.
- Quotes
Harry Daniels: Now, everybody, back to your desks and into depression.
- SoundtracksAvalon
(uncredited)
Composed by Vincent Rose
Based on "E lucevan le stelle" from "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini
[Played during the opening photo credits and often in the score]
Featured review
"I've certainly got more intelligence than a baby duck."
Joe E. Brown comedy about an inventor of an "unsinkable bathing suit" who is mistaken for a champion swimmer. Ginger Rogers plays the girl who falls for him but doesn't know the truth. Black child actor Allen 'Farina' Hoskins is great as Brown's ward he inherited from his aunt. I'm not the biggest fan of Joe E. Brown. I often find him to be a very limited comedian, relying solely upon rubberfacing and exaggerated voices -- the kind of stuff that toddlers laugh at. But every once in awhile I come across one of his movies that impresses me. This is one of those movies. Brown actually plays a character here instead of himself, which means he actually acts. My favorite parts were the little bits of business where we'd get to hear Brown's thoughts, which sound like lines from a bad novel. Fans of Brown will undoubtedly like this one but it's also one of his few movies I've seen that I would recommend to non-fans.
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- Jul 17, 2014
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Galopperande fisken
- Filming locations
- William Wrigley Jr. Summer Cottage or Mt. Ada, 76 Wrigley Road, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA(outdoor balcony overlooking Avalon Bay)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $223,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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