Make 'Em Laugh (The Funny Business of America)
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Released September 02, 1955
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)
Republic
70 min. (Feature Film)
70 min. (Feature Film)
Cynical star newspaper reporter Hugh Woodruff (Rod Cameron) coasts on his past reputation, content to relive old times with some scotch. The city editor teams him with young novice David Flynn (Ben Cooper), full of enthusiasm but no experience. The city liquor commissioner is murdered in a car explosion, and Flynn is anxious to work with "Woody" on the sensational story. But Woody is reluctant, resentful of the newcomer, and arranges a practical joke that costs Flynn his job. Now toiling on a low-level paper, David stumbles across a lead in the murder case, and only Woodruff's experience can help him work and break the story, which promises to lead high into the city government. But first, he and the veteran's fiancee must find a way to pull Woody from the bottle and reignite his passion for reporting.
Joe Besser has a small role as the city coroner.
Avg. Rating: 
[6.00/10]
[6.00/10]
Rod Cameron
Hugh Woodruff
Ben Cooper
David Flynn
Jacqueline Wells
Laura Stewart
Raymond Greenleaf
Paul Strout
Chubby Johnson
Ned Powers
John Warburton
D. A. Harvey S. Kevin
Howard Wright
Harry Bradley
Joe Dominguez
Damasio Reyes
Edward Colmans
Rafael Garcia
Bob Carney
News vendor
Susan Cummings
Receptionist
Virginia Carroll
Elsie, Strout's secretary
Jack Dimond
Office boy
Stuart Randall
Frank Hoffman
Vicki Churchill
Hoffman's daughter
Mike Ragan
Cop at Hoffman's house
Tol Avery
Robert, reporter
Lou Krugman
Star reporter
Francis De Sales
Tribune reporter
Joe Besser
Coroner
Nacho Galindo
Ramon
Howard Hoffman
Evening Examiner editor
Charles Evans
Morning Tribune editor
Robert Foulk
Daily Star editor
Grandon Rhodes
Magistrate
Marc Hamilton
Court clerk
Jonathan Hole
Fred Finley
Stanley Blystone
Karns, night watchman
Ken Chryson
Lobby attendant
John Daheim
Nick
Tyler MacDuff
Lynn, cub reporter
Guy Way
Reporter
Tom Black
Detective
William Witney
Director
William J. O'Sullivan
Associate Producer
John K. Butler
Screenplay
Frederick Louis Fox
Screenplay
John L. Russell
Director of Photography
Arthur E. Roberts
Film Editor
Carroll Clark
Art Director
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
George Milo
Set Decoration
Melvin M. Metcalfe
Sound
R. Dale Butts
Music
Adele Palmer
Costume Supervision
Bob Mark
Makeup Supervision
Roy Wade
Assistant Director
Theodore Lydecker
Special Effects
Howard Lydecker
Special Effects
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