The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock ★★ ½ Mad Wednesday 1947
A man gets fired from his job, stumbles around drunk, and wins a fortune gambling. He then buys a circus and uses a lion to frighten investors into backing him. Inventive comedy, but missing the spark and timing of “The Freshman” (1925), of which it is a sequel. The final feature film for Lloyd (who did all his own stunts), made at the urging of director Sturges. 89m/B VHS, DVD . Harold Lloyd, Margaret Hamilton, Frances Ramsden, Edgar Kennedy, Lionel Stander, Rudy Vallee, Franklin Pangborn; D: Preston Sturges.
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