Hold 'Em Jail

Hold 'Em Jail

They turn the Big House into the Bug House!

NR 1932 · 66 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy

Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

Directed by Norman Taurog · Written by Lew Lupton

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