Nut Guilty

Nut Guilty

1936 · 11 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy

In this short film, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day, dispensing their own comic brand of justice.

Directed by Lloyd French · Written by Jack Henley

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