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Wikipedia article
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| director = Fred Guiol
| producer = Lee Marcus
| writer =
| screenplay = Al Boasberg
Jack Townley
| story = Thomas Lennon
Fred Guiol
| based_on =
| starring = Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Dorothy Lee
| narrator =
| music = Roy Webb
| cinematography = Nick Musuraca
J. Roy Hunt
| editing = John Lockert
| studio = RKO Radio Pictures
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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'Silly Billies' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol from a screenplay by Al Boasberg and Jack Townley, based on a story by Guiol and Thomas Lennon. The film was the twentieth feature for the comedy duo of Wheeler and Woolsey (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey), and also stars Dorothy Lee, who had been in a number of their films. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures on March 20, 1936.
Premise
In 1851, dentists Roy Banks (Wheeler) and Philip "Painless" Pennington (Woolsey) attempt to save a town from being led into an Indian ambush.
Cast
*Bert Wheeler as Roy Banks
*Robert Woolsey as Dr. Philip "Painless" Pennington
*Dorothy Lee as Mary Blake
*Harry Woods as Hank Bewley
*Ethan Laidlaw as Trigger
*Chief Thunderbird as Chief Cyclone
*Delmar Watson as Martin
*Richard Alexander as John Little
*Willie Best as Excitement
*Jerry Tucker as Boy at Camp (uncredited)
References
Category:1936 comedy films
Category:1936 films
Category:American comedy films
Category:RKO Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Fred Guiol
Category:1930s American films
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