Old Hutch

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Old Hutch
Old Hutch poster.jpg
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
Screenplay by George Kelly
Margaret Echard
Based onOld Hutch Lives Up to It
by Garret Smith [1]
Produced by Harry Rapf
Starring Wallace Beery
Eric Linden
Cecilia Parker
Cinematography Clyde De Vinna
Edited byFrank Sullivan
Music by William Axt
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 25, 1936 (1936-09-25)(U.S. theatrical)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Old Hutch is a 1936 American romantic comedy film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Wallace Beery as a man who finds $100,000 in the depths of the Depression. It is a remake of the 1920 Will Rogers film Honest Hutch. [2] The supporting cast features Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Robert McWade, Virginia Grey, Donald Meek and George Chandler.

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References

  1. Smith, Garret (February 28, 1920). "Old Hutch Lives Up to It". The Saturday Evening Post. Vol. 192, no. 35.
  2. Staff Writer (August 19, 1936). "Beery, Bored With Fishing for a Living, Takes Rod and Reel on Pleasure Trip". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, New Jersey via Newspapers.com. 'Old Hutch" was made before in 1920, with Will Rogers, but they called it 'Honest Hutch' then.