| Hook, Line and Sinker | |
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Poster for the film. |
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| Directed by | Edward F. Cline |
| Produced by | William LeBaron Myles Connolly |
| Written by | Ralph Spence Tim Whelan |
| Starring | Bert Wheeler Robert Woolsey William B. Davidson Stanley Fields Ralf Harolde Hugh Herbert Jobyna Howland Dorothy Lee George F. Marion Natalie Moorhead |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Editing by | Archie Marshek |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 26, 1930 |
| Running time | 75 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hook, Line and Sinker is a 1930 slapstick comedy film starring Wheeler & Woolsey (the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey) with Dorothy Lee. It was directed by Edward F. Cline.
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen — Wilbur Boswell (Bert Wheeler) and J. Addington Ganzy (Robert Woolsey) — help penniless socialite Mary Marsh (Dorothy Lee) to turn a dilapidated hotel, which was willed to her, into a thriving success. They soon run into trouble, however, in the form of two sets of gangsters who want to break into the hotel safe; also, Mary's mother (Jobyna Howland) wants her to marry wealthy lawyer John Blackwell (Ralf Harolde) even though Mary loves Wilbur. Adding to the complications is the fact that Blackwell is actually in league with the gangsters. The finale involves nighttime runarounds and a shoot-out in the hotel.