---
title: 'Hold ''Em Jail (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Taurog'
released: '1932-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hold-em-jail-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023013/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

1932 · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Hold 'Em Jail is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey as a couple of inept characters who are wrongfully convicted of firearm possession. They are sent to prison, where they somehow end up playing on the warden's football team.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Taurog](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-taurog)
- **Screenplay:** [S. J. Perelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-j-perelman), [Tim Whelan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-whelan), [Walter DeLeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-deleon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Harry Joe Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-joe-brown)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leonard Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-smith)

## Cast

- [Betty Grable](https://cinepixo.com/people/betty-grable)
- [Edna May Oliver](https://cinepixo.com/people/edna-may-oliver)
- [Monty Banks](https://cinepixo.com/people/monty-banks)
- [Paul Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hurst)
- [Robert Armstrong](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-armstrong)
- [Ernie Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernie-adams)
- [Leo Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-willis)
- [Edgar Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-kennedy)
- [Robert Woolsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-woolsey)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)
- [Warren Hymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hymer)
- [Charles Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-sullivan)
- [Roscoe Ates](https://cinepixo.com/people/roscoe-ates)
- [Frank Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mills)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hold-em-jail-1932
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