"LISTEN-to this 100% Talking Comedy Farce There's a volley of snappy humor when you hear the Dummy talk. A STAGE PLAY ON THE SCREEN" 09 March 1929 Comedy, Mystery 60 mins
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith.
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Ruth Chatterton as Agnes Meredith
Fredric March as Trumbull Meredith
John Cromwell as Walter Babbing
Fred Kohler as Joe Cooper
Mickey Bennett as Barney Cook
Vondell Darr as Peggy Meredith
Jack Oakie as Dopey Hart
Zasu Pitts as Rose Gleason
Richard Tucker as Blackie Baker
Eugene Pallette as Madison
Harriet Ford Theatre Play
Harvey J. O'Higgins Theatre Play
Robert Milton Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer
Louis J. Gasnier Co-Director
United States 09 March 1929
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