The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Yes Sir! Wednesday was WILD! Wednesday was RUGGED!

NR 1947 · 92 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy

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?

Directed by Preston Sturges · Written by Preston Sturges

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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
Robert Dudley Robert McDuffy

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