Two excerpts from the film ‘Never give a sucker an even break’ (1941).
‘Hurry hurry’ - W.C. Fields offers to drive a woman in a hurry to the maternity hospital. His reckless driving causes her to faint on the back seat as well as leaving a wake of utter bedlam behind him.
‘The great chase’ - W.C. Fields earns himself a job at the bank after unwittingly foiling the getaway of two bank robbers. He is then taken hostage by one of the robbers in a second robbery attempt and forced to drive the getaway car with policemen hot on their tails.
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ACMI Identifier
313963
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)