The Dummy

Name: The Dummy
Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, John Cromwell, Fred Kohler, Mickey Bennett

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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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Cast & Crew

Director: Robert MiltonWriter: Herman J. Mankiewicz

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

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