You Said a Mouthful

You Said a Mouthful

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T LAUGHED SINCE 1929!

NR 1932 · 71 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy

Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon · Written by Robert Lord

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