Road Show

Overview

Cast & Crew

Production House

The Plot

Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.

Run Time

1h 27m

Genre

Comedy, Music

Release Date

18 Feb 1941

Country

United States of America

Language

English

Streaming On

Director & Producers

Hal Roach
Director

Top Billed Cast

Adolphe Menjou
Col. Carleton Carroway

Carole Landis
Penguin Moore

John Hubbard
Drogo Gaines

Charles Butterworth
Harry Whitman

Patsy Kelly
Jinx

George E. Stone
Indian Margaret Roach
Priscilla

Polly Ann Young
Helen Newton

Edward Norris
Ed Newton

Marjorie Woodworth
Alice

Florence Bates
Mrs. Newton

Willie Best
Willie

Technical Team

Eric Hatch
Novel

George Stoll
Original Music Composer Mickell Novack
Screenplay Norbert Brodine
Director of Photography William Randall Sr.
Sound Recordist Bert Jordan
Editor

Harry Langdon
Screenplay Arnold Belgard
Screenplay

Hal Roach Studios

Back to top