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Six of a Kind

1934 · 62 min

A breezy, silly road-trip romp full of bickering couples, eccentric strangers and a giant dog, played for easy laughs.

Tagline
Six Comedy Aces in This Deck. The Cards are Scratched for Fun!
Overview
The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself arrested in Nevada.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • class
  • family
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Written by
Harry Ruskin, Walter DeLeon
Starring
Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Alison Skipworth, Bradley Page, Grace Bradley
Music
John Leipold, Ralph Rainger
Cinematography
Henry Sharp
Runtime
62 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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