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  • Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
  • Approved
    68 min | Comedy, Romance
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
Approved
68 min | Comedy, Romance

Oliver Boggs, a typical office drone, with no success in sight, who can spout statistics about anything and everything, wins $1500 in a bean-guessing contest at the movie theatre, quits his job and sets forth for the seedy, ...See moreOliver Boggs, a typical office drone, with no success in sight, who can spout statistics about anything and everything, wins $1500 in a bean-guessing contest at the movie theatre, quits his job and sets forth for the seedy, down-at-the-heels town of Peckham Falls. There he buys a barrel factory and falls in love with Irene Lee, the snobbish niece of crusty old Morton Ross, the town's only rich man and owner of the closed canneries. Oleander Tubbs and her inventor father Angus, who sold Oliver the factory, tell him it has no future but he disagrees and says he will have everything booming again. Oleander thinks he is daffy but she and her father agree to help him. Angus invents a collapsible barrel and Oliver, seeing fame and fortune just ahead, spends all of his money just keeping the factory going. Oliver persuades old man Ross to re-open the canneries and to use the ground-breaking barrels and things appear to be going okay, until Dennis Andrews, Ross' slick attorney, tries to double-cross both Ross and Oliver by bilking Angus out of the patent rights to the barrel. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Clarence Budington Kelland (story "Face the Facts") | Richard English (screenplay)
Producer
Cinematographer
John Stumar (photography)
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Updated Jan 26, 1938

Release date
Feb 18, 1938 (United States)

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26 cast members
Name Known for
Stuart Erwin
Oliver Boggs Oliver Boggs   See fewer
Helen Chandler
Oleander Tubbs Oleander Tubbs   See fewer
Toby Wing
Irene Lee Irene Lee   See fewer
Tully Marshall
Morton Ross Morton Ross   See fewer
Spencer Charters
Angus Tubbs Angus Tubbs   See fewer
Walter Byron
Dennis Andrews Dennis Andrews   See fewer
Harry Tyler
Sam Mason Sam Mason   See fewer
Otto Hoffman
Jenkins Jenkins   See fewer
Peter Potter
Bob DeBrette (as William Moore) Bob DeBrette (as William Moore)   See fewer
Nora Cecil
Widow Peddie Widow Peddie   See fewer
Elliot Fisher
Tommy Mason (as Elliott Fisher) Tommy Mason (as Elliott Fisher)   See fewer
Eddie Kane
Theatre Manager (as Edward Kane) Theatre Manager (as Edward Kane)   See fewer
Harrison Greene
Mr. Pry Mr. Pry   See fewer
Wilson Benge
The Butler The Butler   See fewer
Otis Harlan
Abner Katz Abner Katz   See fewer
Ted Billings
Angry Laborer (uncredited) Angry Laborer (uncredited)   See fewer
Horace B. Carpenter
Clapping Citizen (uncredited) Clapping Citizen (uncredited)   See fewer
Adabelle Driver
Angry Laborer (uncredited) Angry Laborer (uncredited)   See fewer
Michael Jeffers
Chauffeur (uncredited) Chauffeur (uncredited)   See fewer
Mildred Kornman
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Isabel La Mal
Mrs. Mason (uncredited) Mrs. Mason (uncredited)   See fewer
Betty Mack
Miss Feathrewell (uncredited) Miss Feathrewell (uncredited)   See fewer
Bruce Mitchell
Angry Laborer (uncredited) Angry Laborer (uncredited)   See fewer
Corinne Varian
Actress (uncredited) Actress (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Young
Citizen Worried by Rain (uncredited) Citizen Worried by Rain (uncredited)   See fewer
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