Acting
Zasu Pitts' signature fluttery panic meets Thelma Todd's deadpan.
Practical Effects
Real wrestling ring chaos with actual 1930s stunt work.
Director
Marshall Neilan
Zasu Pitts
ZaSu
Thelma Todd
Thelma
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Strangler Sullivan
Sammy Brooks
Little Wrestling Match Referee (uncredited)
Al Cooke
Drunk (uncredited)
Edward Dillon
Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
Gordon Douglas
Young man (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
Kit Guard
(uncredited)
Ivan Linow
Strangler's wrestling opponent (uncredited)
Frank Alexander
Fat man in audience
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of twelve short films Pitts and Todd made together in 1931-1932, capitalizing on their unlikely but beloved comedic pairing.
Pre-Code Hollywood meant Thelma Todd could be frankly sexy and skeptical while Zasu pursued clearly dubious men — a freedom that vanished after 1934's censorship crackdown.
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