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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
“Yes Sir! Wednesday was WILD! Wednesday was RUGGED!”
6.4 / 10• 1947• 1h 32m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
Cast & Crew
Harold Lloyd
Harold Diddlebock
Lead
Jimmy Conlin
Wormy
Raymond Walburn
E.J. Waggleberry
Rudy Vallee
Lynn Sargent
Edgar Kennedy
Jake the Bartender
Margaret Hamilton
Flora
Franklin Pangborn
Formfit Franklin
Jack Norton
James R. Smoke
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Preston Sturges's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Sin of Harold Diddlebock is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
