Son of a Sailor

November. 29,1933      NR
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

Joe E. Brown as  Handsome
Jean Muir as  Helen
Frank McHugh as  Gaga
Thelma Todd as  The Baroness
Johnny Mack Brown as  'Duke'
Sheila Terry as  Genevieve
Merna Kennedy as  Isabel
Kenneth Thomson as  Williams
Samuel S. Hinds as  Admiral Farnsworth
Noel Francis as  Queenie

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