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The Sap from Syracuse
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The Sap from Syracuse

1930-07-26 · 68 min · ★ 5.5

Comedy · Music · Romance

Ellen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a prominent mining engineer. During the cruise, he foils two crooks trying to get their hands on her lucrative nickel mine.

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Directors
A. Edward Sutherland
Production companies
Paramount Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jack OakieJack OakieLittleton Looney
Ginger RogersGinger RogersEllen Saunders
Granville BatesGranville BatesSidney Hycross
George BarbierGeorge BarbierSenator Powell
Sidney RiggsNick Pangolos
Betty StarbuckBetty StarbuckFlo Goodrich
Verree TeasdaleVerree TeasdaleDolly Clark
J. Malcolm DunnCaptain Barker (uncredited)
Bernard JukesBells (uncredited)
Walter FennerWalter FennerHenderson (uncredited)
Jack DaleyHopkins (uncredited)
Jean Del ValJean Del ValPierre Bouvet (uncredited)
George HumbertGeorge HumbertMacedonian Waiter (uncredited)
Kathryn Reese(uncredited)

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