The Covered Trailer (1939)
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.
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James GleasonJoe Higgins
Russell GleasonSidney Higgins
Harry DavenportGrandpa Ed Carson
Mary Beth HughesBetty Higgins
Tommy RyanTommy Higgins
Maurice MurphyBill Williams
Maude EburneWidow Ella Jones
Spencer ChartersSheriff
Tom KennedyOtto
Hobart CavanaughE. L. Beamish
Pierre WatkinHorace Cartwright
Richard TuckerDoctorMovie DNA
Director preference440010Actor preference206509 · 254787 · 223457Decade preference1930
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The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.